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Was it a rule years ago that the pope was not allowed to leave the Vatican?
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∙ 13y ago
That wasn't a rule. However, with the unification of Italy (1860) and the annexation of Rome (1870), the popes essentially declared themselves prisoners of the Vatican. This was in response to territory that had been under control of the popes in the form of the Papal States being taken as part of this unification (the popes had also been the protectors and at times de facto rulers of Rome itself). A few popes reigned during this period, and none of them left the Vatican or even gave blessings from the external balcony of St. Peter's to crowds in St. Peter's Square. This period ended with the Lateran Treaty of 1929 when The State of Vatican City was formally established.
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