Donation of Pepin

Painting depicting Abbot Fulrad giving Pepin's written guarantee to Pope Stephen II
Map of Lombard territories in 756 before the donation

The Donation of Pepin in 756 provided a legal basis for the creation of the Papal States, thus extending the temporal rule of the popes beyond the duchy of Rome.


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