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The Concordat between the Vatican and Napoleon (the Concordat of 1801) sought to protect the interests of the Church as far as possible without necessarily conceding legitimacy to the regime [of Napoleon].from History of the Catholic Church from the Apostolic Age to the Third Millennium, by James Hitchcock, Imprimatur: The Most Reverend Edward Rice, © 2012 by Ignatius Press, San Franciscofor Napoleon, the end of religious strife in France and papal recognition of his legitimacy; for Pius VII, limited toleration for the Church and the defeat of both Gallicanism and the powerful prince-bishops of Germany, since by the terms of the Concordat the papacy alone represented the church.
Rome was the capitol of the Papal States.
The Papal States were ruled by the pope.
Papal States was created in 752.
Papal States ended in 1870.
The Papal States occupied about 1/3 of what is today Italy.
The papacy, or the pope's 'government' controlled the papal states.
Papal States was a nation from 750-1840...can u say years?
A:In 1797, the Pope was forced by the French army's arrival in Rome to abandon claim to large areas of papal territory and was taken captive to France. In 1799, Napoleon was made First Consul, and reached new terms with the Pope in the Concordat of 1801.Napoleon acknowledged that the majority of Frenchmen were Catholics and returned the papal states to the new Pope. In exchange, Pius VII annulled all the sees in France and cancelled the appointments of all incumbent bishops. New bishoprics were created and bishops were to be appointed by the Pope, with the First Consul to have right of veto. Likewise, the State was to be permitted to veto the appointment of lower clergy by the bishops. Some 'old' bishops refused to abandon their sees and were excommunicated.
Vatican City is all that remains today of the Papal States.
Papal States.
no, it wasn't