Papal States

States o the Kirk Stato della Chiesa Status Pontificius
754–1798 1798–1799: Ponteficate 1799–1849 1849: Ponteficate 1849–1870
Flag in 1870 Coat o airms in 1870
Anthem: Noi vogliam Dio, Vergine Maria ( – 1857) (Italian) "We want God, Virgin Mary" Marcia trionfale (1857–1870) (Italian) "Great Triumphal March"
Cairt o the Papal States (green) in 1700 (aroond its greatest extent), includin its exclaves o Benevento an Pontecorvo in Soothren Italy, an the Comtat Venaissin an Avignon in Soothern Fraunce.
Caipital	Roum
Common leids	Laitin, Italian, Occitan
Releegion	Roman Catholic
Govrenment	Ponteficate
Pape
• 754–757	Stephen II (first)
• 1846–1870	Pius IX (last)
History
• Establishment	754
• Codification	781
• Treaty o Venice (Independence frae the Holy Roman Empire)	1177
• 1st Disestablishment	Februar 15, 1798
• 2nt Disestablishment	September 20, 1870
• Vatican Ceety	Februar 11, 1929
Currency	Papal States scudo, (till 1866) Papal States lira (1866–1870)
Precedit bi Succeedit bi Kinrick o Italy (medieval) Exarchate of Ravenna Roman Republic (18t century) Roman Republic (19t century) Kinrick o Italy (1861–1946) Roman Republic (18t century) Roman Republic (19t century) Prisoner in the Vatican
The day pairt o	Fraunce Italy San Marino Vatican Ceety

The Papal States wur territories in the Italian peninsula unner the sovereign direct rule o the pape, frae the 500s till 1870.