756 Event

Birth of the Papal States

Name: Birth of the Papal States
Start: 0756

The Donation of Pepin founds a temporal power that will last eleven centuries.

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Early Middle Ages 476 – 1000 Post-Roman kingdoms, Christianisation, invasions.

Countries involved

Vatican City

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The half-century around 756
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What was written of it

Europe will not be made all at once, or according to a single plan. It will be built through concrete achievements which first create a de facto solidarity.

Déclaration du 9 mai 1950 1950

Schuman Declaration, Salon de l’Horloge, Paris