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  2. History of the papacy - Wikipedia

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    The Ostrogothic Papacy period ran from 493 to 537. The papal election of March 483 was the first to take place without the existence of a Western Roman emperor. The papacy was strongly influenced by the Ostrogothic Kingdom, though the pope was not outright appointed by the Ostrogothic King.

  3. History of the papacy (1048–1257) - Wikipedia

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    The history of the papacy from 1046 to 1216 was marked by ... northern Italian city-states would become ... undercutting the Imperial power established by the ...

  4. List of popes - Wikipedia

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    end of papacy Notes; 215: 22 September 1503 – 18 October 1503 (26 days) Pius III PIVS Tertius: Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini: 29 May 1439 Siena, Republic of Siena, Holy Roman Empire 64 / 64 Born as a citizen of the Republic of Siena. Nephew of Pius II. Founded the Piccolomini Library in the Siena Cathedral. 216: 31 October 1503 – 21 ...

  5. Pope - Wikipedia

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    The institution is known as the Papacy. From the eighth century until 1870, the pope was the sovereign or head of state of the Papal States , and since 1929 of the much smaller Vatican City state.

  6. Pope Clement V - Wikipedia

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    In 1310, the Holy Roman Emperor Henry VII entered Italy, established the Visconti as vicars in Milan, and was crowned by Clement V's legates in Rome in 1312 before he died near Siena in 1313. [11] In Ferrara, which was taken into the Papal States to the exclusion of the Este family, papal armies clashed with the Republic of Venice and its populace.

  7. Vatican during the Savoyard era (1870–1929) - Wikipedia

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    Pope Pius IX (1846–1878), under whose rule the Papal States passed into secular control.. Vatican during the Savoyard era describes the relation of the Vatican to Italy, after 1870, which marked the end of the Papal States, and 1929, when the papacy regained autonomy in the Lateran Treaty, a period dominated by the Roman Question.

  8. Vatican City - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 February 2025. Enclaved Holy See's independent city-state This article is about the city-state in Europe. For the city-state's government, see Holy See. Vatican City State Stato della Città del Vaticano (Italian) Status Civitatis Vaticanae (Latin) Flag Coat of arms Anthem: Inno e Marcia Pontificale ...

  9. Saeculum obscurum - Wikipedia

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    1742 print of the corpse of John XII, one of the most infamous popes, being carried by a crowd. Saeculum obscurum (Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈsɛː.ku.lu.m obsˈkuː.rum], "the dark age/century"), also known as the Pornocracy or the Rule of the Harlots, was a period in the history of the papacy during the first two thirds of the 10th century, following the chaos after the death of Pope Formosus ...