The "Donation of Pepin" in 756 provided a legal basis for the erection of the Papal States, which extended papal temporal rule beyond the traditional diocese and duchy of Rome.
Donation of Sutri Rocca (architecture) Basilique Saint-Denis Pope-elect Stephen Temporal power Via Cassia Pentapolis Donation of Constantine Liutprand, King of the Lombards Aistulf Sutri Duchy of Spoleto Lorsch Abbey Senigallia Exarchate of Ravenna Pepin the Short Fano Romagna Tyrrhenian Sea Spoleto Pesaro Ancien Régime Pope Gregory II Forlì Pope Stephen II Pope Zachary Rimini Benevento Latium Coronation Marche Ancona Adriatic Sea Lombards Soissons Papal States Franks Charlemagne Byzantine Empire
