Territories mostly in the Appenine Peninsula under the sovereign direct rule of the pope between 756–1870

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The restoration of Rome and the Papal Legations by Cardinal Consalvi to Pope Pius VII after the defeat of Napoleon. Engraving by A. Banzo after F. Manno.

The emperor Constantine I presents Rome and the Papal States to the Pope Silvester I. Engraving by L. Fabri after G. Conca after Raphael.

Editto / Giacomo de' principi Giustiniani prelato domestico di N. S., referendario dell' una, e dell' altra segnatura, protonotario, e delegato apostolico della città, e provincia di Bologna. A completa esecuzione del disposto dall' art. 56. dell' editto di sua eminenza reverendissima il sig. Cardinale Segretario di Stato.

The trial of the Templars in the Papal State and the Abruzzi / Anne Gilmour-Bryson.

Ordine circolare.

Editto.

Ordinamento sulle farmacie nello Stato Ponificio.

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Ordine circolare.

Editto.

Ordine circolare.

Ordinamento sulle farmacie nello Stato Ponificio.