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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A9" title="الدولة البابوية – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="الدولة البابوية" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estaus_Pontificios" title="Estaus Pontificios – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Estaus Pontificios" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estaos_Pontificios" title="Estaos Pontificios – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Estaos Pontificios" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_d%C3%B6vl%C9%99ti" title="Papa dövləti – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Papa dövləti" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%BE_%D8%AF%D8%A4%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA%DB%8C" title="پاپ دؤولتی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="پاپ دؤولتی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A0u-h%C3%B4ng-l%C3%A9ng" title="Kàu-hông-léng – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Kàu-hông-léng" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%86%D1%8C" title="Папская вобласць – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Папская вобласць" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%8F%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0" title="Папская дзяржава – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Папская дзяржава" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%B4%D1%8A%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0" title="Папска държава – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Папска държава" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papinska_Dr%C5%BEava" title="Papinska Država – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Papinska Država" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stado%C3%B9_ar_Pab" title="Stadoù ar Pab – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Stadoù ar Pab" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estats_Pontificis" title="Estats Pontificis – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Estats Pontificis" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pape%C5%BEsk%C3%BD_st%C3%A1t" title="Papežský stát – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Papežský stát" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taleithiau%27r_Babaeth" title="Taleithiau'r Babaeth – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Taleithiau'r Babaeth" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkestaten" title="Kirkestaten – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Kirkestaten" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirchenstaat" title="Kirchenstaat – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Kirchenstaat" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirikuriik" title="Kirikuriik – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Kirikuriik" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%B1%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AC_%CE%9A%CF%81%CE%AC%CF%84%CE%B7" title="Παπικά Κράτη – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Παπικά Κράτη" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eml mw-list-item"><a href="https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%A8t_dla_C%C3%AE%E1%B9%A1a" title="Stèt dla Cîṡa – Emiliano-Romagnolo" lang="egl" hreflang="egl" data-title="Stèt dla Cîṡa" data-language-autonym="Emiliàn e rumagnòl" data-language-local-name="Emiliano-Romagnolo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Emiliàn e rumagnòl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_States" title="Papal States – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Papal States" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estados_Pontificios" title="Estados Pontificios – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Estados Pontificios" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_%C5%9Ctato" title="Papa Ŝtato – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Papa Ŝtato" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aita_Santuen_Lurraldea" title="Aita Santuen Lurraldea – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Aita Santuen Lurraldea" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%BE%DB%8C" title="ایالات پاپی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ایالات پاپی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tats_pontificaux" title="États pontificaux – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="États pontificaux" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%A1it_an_Ph%C3%A1pa" title="Stáit an Phápa – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Stáit an Phápa" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steatyn_y_Phaab" title="Steatyn y Phaab – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Steatyn y Phaab" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%A0itean_na_h-Eaglaise" title="Stàitean na h-Eaglaise – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Stàitean na h-Eaglaise" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estados_Pontificios" title="Estados Pontificios – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Estados Pontificios" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B5%90%ED%99%A9%EB%A0%B9" title="교황령 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="교황령" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8A%D5%A1%D5%BA%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%B4%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A6" title="Պապական մարզ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Պապական մարզ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AA_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF" title="पोप राज्य – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="पोप राज्य" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papinska_Dr%C5%BEava" title="Papinska Država – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Papinska Država" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papala_Stati" title="Papala Stati – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Papala Stati" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Es-estado_ti_Papa" title="Es-estado ti Papa – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Es-estado ti Papa" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negara_Gereja" title="Negara Gereja – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Negara Gereja" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1far%C3%ADki%C3%B0" title="Páfaríkið – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Páfaríkið" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stato_Pontificio" title="Stato Pontificio – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Stato Pontificio" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A8" title="מדינת האפיפיור – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מדינת האפיפיור" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9E%E1%83%90%E1%83%9E%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A5%E1%83%98" title="პაპის ოლქი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="პაპის ოლქი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%8B" title="Папа облысы – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Папа облысы" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dola_la_Papa" title="Dola la Papa – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Dola la Papa" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%81%D1%83" title="Папа облусу – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Папа облусу" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_Pontificius" title="Status Pontificius – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Status Pontificius" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C4%81vesta_valsts" title="Pāvesta valsts – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Pāvesta valsts" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popie%C5%BEiaus_sritis" title="Popiežiaus sritis – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Popiežiaus sritis" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1pai_%C3%A1llam" title="Pápai állam – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Pápai állam" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%94%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0" title="Папска Држава – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Папска Држава" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9E%E1%83%90%E1%83%9E%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A5%E1%83%98" title="პაპიშ ოლქი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="პაპიშ ოლქი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%87" title="الدوله البابويه – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="الدوله البابويه" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negeri-Negeri_Paus" title="Negeri-Negeri Paus – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Negeri-Negeri Paus" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A1u-hu%C3%B2ng-gu%C3%B3k" title="Gáu-huòng-guók – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Gáu-huòng-guók" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerkelijke_Staat" title="Kerkelijke Staat – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Kerkelijke Staat" 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href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Republic_(18th_century)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Roman Republic (18th century) (not yet started)">1798–1799</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Napoleon_and_the_Catholic_Church&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Napoleon and the Catholic Church (not yet started)">1809–1814</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Republic_(19th_century)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Roman Republic (19th century) (not yet started)">1849</a>)</small></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="noresize" style="display:table; width:100%;"> <div style="display:table-cell; vertical-align:middle; padding-left:5px;"> <div style="padding-bottom:3px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Papal_States_(1825-1870).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Papal States"><img alt="Flag of Papal States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_the_Papal_States_%281825-1870%29.svg/125px-Flag_of_the_Papal_States_%281825-1870%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_the_Papal_States_%281825-1870%29.svg/188px-Flag_of_the_Papal_States_%281825-1870%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_the_Papal_States_%281825-1870%29.svg/250px-Flag_of_the_Papal_States_%281825-1870%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Vatican_City" title="Flag of Vatican City">Flag (1825–1849, 1849–1870)</a></div> </div> <div style="display:table-cell; vertical-align:middle; padding: 0px 5px;"> <div style="padding-bottom:3px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CoA_Pontifical_States_02.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms until 19th century of Papal States"><img alt="Coat of arms until 19th century of Papal States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/CoA_Pontifical_States_02.svg/70px-CoA_Pontifical_States_02.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/CoA_Pontifical_States_02.svg/105px-CoA_Pontifical_States_02.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/CoA_Pontifical_States_02.svg/140px-CoA_Pontifical_States_02.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="618" data-file-height="710" /></a></span></div> <div>Coat of arms until 19th century</div> </div> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data anthem"><b>Anthem:</b> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r8662964">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Noi_vogliam_Dio,_Vergine_Maria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Noi vogliam Dio, Vergine Maria (not yet started)">Noi vogliam Dio, Vergine Maria</a></i> (1815–1857) <br /> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a>)<br />"We want God, Virgin Mary"</small></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gran_Marcia_trionfale_(Hallmayer)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gran Marcia trionfale (Hallmayer) (not yet started)">Gran Marcia trionfale</a></i> (1857–1870) <br /> <br /> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a>)<br />"Great Triumphal March"</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Papal_States_1815.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Papal States in 1815 after the Napoleonic Wars"><img alt="The Papal States in 1815 after the Napoleonic Wars" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Papal_States_1815.svg/250px-Papal_States_1815.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="253" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Papal_States_1815.svg/375px-Papal_States_1815.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Papal_States_1815.svg/500px-Papal_States_1815.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="456" /></a></span><div class="ib-country-map-caption">The Papal States in 1815 after the <a href="/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars" title="Napoleonic Wars">Napoleonic Wars</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:PapalStates1700.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Map of the Papal States (green) in 1700, including its exclaves of Benevento and Pontecorvo in Southern Italy, and the Comtat Venaissin and Avignon in Southern France."><img alt="Map of the Papal States (green) in 1700, including its exclaves of Benevento and Pontecorvo in Southern Italy, and the Comtat Venaissin and Avignon in Southern France." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/PapalStates1700.png/250px-PapalStates1700.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/PapalStates1700.png 1.5x" data-file-width="375" data-file-height="228" /></a></span><div class="ib-country-map-caption">Map of the Papal States (green) in 1700, including its exclaves of <a href="/wiki/Benevento" title="Benevento">Benevento</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pontecorvo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pontecorvo (not yet started)">Pontecorvo</a> in Southern Italy, and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Comtat_Venaissin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Comtat Venaissin (not yet started)">Comtat Venaissin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Avignon" title="Avignon">Avignon</a> in Southern France.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Common languages</th><td class="infobox-data">Latin, Italian, <a href="/wiki/Occitan_language" title="Occitan language">Occitan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Religion <div class="ib-country-religion"></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church">Roman Catholic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Government</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Theocracy" title="Theocracy">Theocratic</a> <a href="/wiki/Absolute_monarchy" title="Absolute monarchy">absolute</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Elective_monarchy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Elective monarchy (not yet started)">elective monarchy</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_popes" title="List of popes">Pope</a></th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r10098372"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 754–757 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pope_Stephen_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Stephen II">Stephen II</a> <small>(first)</small></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1846–1870 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_IX" title="Pope Pius IX">Pius IX</a> <small>(last)</small></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Cardinal_Secretary_of_State" title="Cardinal Secretary of State">Cardinal Secretary of State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r10098372"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1551–1555 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Girolamo_Dandini_(1509%E2%80%931559)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Girolamo Dandini (1509–1559) (not yet started)">Girolamo Dandini</a> <small>(first)</small></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1848–1870 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Giacomo_Antonelli&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Giacomo Antonelli (not yet started)">Giacomo Antonelli</a> <small>(last)</small></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_the_Papal_States&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of Prime Ministers of the Papal States (not yet started)">Prime Minister</a></th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r10098372"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1848 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gabriele_Ferretti&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gabriele Ferretti (not yet started)">Gabriele Ferretti</a> <small>(first)</small></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1848 </div></th><td class="infobox-data">Giuseppe Galletti <small>(last)</small></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">History</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r10098372"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Establishment </div></th><td class="infobox-data">754</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Charlemagne#Conquest_of_the_Lombard_kingdom" title="Charlemagne">Codification</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">781</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/w/index.php?title=Treaty_of_Venice&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Treaty of Venice (not yet started)">Treaty of Venice</a> (independence from the Holy Roman Empire) </div></th><td class="infobox-data">1177</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Republic_(18th_century)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Roman Republic (18th century) (not yet started)">1st disestablishment</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">February 15, 1798</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/w/index.php?title=Napoleon_and_the_Catholic_Church&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Napoleon and the Catholic Church (not yet started)">Schönbrunn Palace Declarations</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">May 17, 1809</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/w/index.php?title=Capture_of_Rome&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Capture of Rome (not yet started)">2nd disestablishment</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">September 20, 1870</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Lateran_Treaty" title="Lateran Treaty">Vatican City</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">February 11, 1929</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population</th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r10098372"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1853<sup id="cite_ref-census1853_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census1853-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">3,124,668</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Currency</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r8662964"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Papal_States_scudo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Papal States scudo (not yet started)">Papal States scudo</a> <small>(until 1866)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Papal_States_lira&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Papal States lira (not yet started)">Papal States lira</a> <small>(1866–1870)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> 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