Papal Legations

Papal Legations
Legazioni Pontificie
Subdivision of the Papal States
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Flag of the Papal States Coat of arms
of the Papal States
The Papal Legations shown within the Papal States
Capital Bologna
44°30.45′N 11°21.08′E / 44.50750°N 11.35133°E / 44.50750; 11.35133Coordinates: 44°30.45′N 11°21.08′E / 44.50750°N 11.35133°E / 44.50750; 11.35133
Government Monarchy
Historical era Early modern period
 • Congregazione del
    Buon Governo (it)
15 August 1592 1592
 • Acquisition of Ferrara
    on extinction of
    legitimate Este line

27 October 1597
 • Annexed to Sardinian
    client Central Italy
8 December 1859 1859
 • Central Italy annexed
    to Piedmont-Sardinia
March 1860
Today part of  Italy

The term Papal Legation, in a territorial sense, refers to certain northern administrative regions of the erstwhile Papal States: specifically the "Legations" of Ferrara, Bologna, and Romagna. In 1860, after a referendum which followed the Second Italian War of Independence, the Papal Legations became part of the Kingdom of Sardinia.

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