Papal States: Temporal Rule of the Papacy (754–1870 CE)

1. Donation of Sutri grants first papal territories

   Jan 1, 728Labels: Sutri, Liutprand, Pope Gregory

   • Britannica
   • Donation Sutri

2. Quierzy promise lays groundwork for papal rule

   Apr 1, 754Labels: Quierzy, Pope Stephen, Pippin

   • Britannica
   • Donation Pepin

3. Pippin’s 756 donation consolidates Papal States

   Jan 1, 756Labels: Pippin, Confession of, Papal States

   • Britannica
   • Donation Pepin

4. Charlemagne confirms papal territorial claims

   Jan 1, 774Labels: Charlemagne, Lombard Kingdom, Papal Claims

   • Britannica
   • Papal States

5. Peace of Venice ends schism with Barbarossa

   Jan 1, 1177Labels: Peace of, Frederick I, Pope Alexander

   • Britannica
   • Treaty Venice

6. Innocent III moves to recover Papal States

   Jan 8, 1198Labels: Innocent III, Papal States, Sicily

   • Britannica

7. Papacy relocates to Avignon

   Mar 9, 1309Labels: Avignon Papacy, Papal Curia, Avignon

   • Britannica
   • Avignon Papacy

8. Egidian Constitutions codify Papal States administration

   May 1, 1357Labels: Egidian Constitutions, Albornoz, Fano

   • Egidian Const

9. Valla exposes Donation of Constantine as a forgery

   Jan 1, 1440Labels: Lorenzo Valla, Donation of, Philology

   • Lorenzo Valla
   • Gutenberg

10. Cesare Borgia campaigns to reassert papal control in Romagna

    Jan 1, 1499Labels: Cesare Borgia, Romagna, Pope Alexander

    • Assedio Faenza
    • Papal States

11. Treaty of Tolentino imposes major losses on Papal States

    Feb 19, 1797Labels: Treaty of, French Republic, Avignon

    • Tolentino

12. Capture of Rome ends the Papal States

    Sep 20, 1870Labels: Capture of, Porta Pia, Kingdom of

    • Capture Rome
    • Papal States