Papal States (ita)

Papal States

Papal States ranks 2,851st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Thonon-les-Bains, Binghamton, New York, and Vendôme. Memorable people born in Papal States include Pope Honorius II, Olympia Mancini, Countess of Soissons, and Antipope Innocent III. Memorable people who died in Papal States include Pope Alexander VI, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, and Nicolas Poussin. Papal States has been the birth place of many religious figures, and painters and the death place of many religious figures, and painters. Papal States is located in Italy.

The Papal States, officially the State of the Church, were a conglomeration of territories on the Italian peninsula under the direct sovereign rule of the Pope from 756 to 1870. They were among the major states of Italy from the 8th century until the unification of Italy, which took place between 1859 and 1870, and culminated in their demise. Read more on Wikipedia