Papal State (No Napoleon)

The State of the Church (: status Ecclesiae), officially known as the Papal State, is a nation in central in the. The state is a collection of territories under the direct rule of the pope, the leader of the worldwide Church. The state was first established in the 8th century, and remained to the present day, except for a temporary transformation into the by  in 1797 during the. The Roman Republic remained a until 1799, when the Papal State was restored.