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==Name== | ==Name== | ||
The official name of the country in [[Julian Ænglish]] is '' | The official name of the country in [[Julian Ænglish]] is ''State of the Church''. Prior to the Convention of 1815, the territories under the authority of the Pope were also referred to variously as the ''State(s) of the Church'', the ''Pontifical States'', the ''Ecclesiastical States'', or the ''Patrimony of St Peter'' ({{lang-la|Status Pontificius}}, also ''{{lang|la|Dicio Pontificia}}'' "papal rule"). | ||
==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||
The Papal State is a landlocked enclave entirely within the city of [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]] in [[Urcea]], located on the southern bank of the Esquiline River. The state is approximately rectangular shaped, occupying a space of 1.6 miles east to west and .8 miles north to south at its widest and tallest, giving the state about a square mile of area. The State is located entirely within the Vatican Walls, a complex of medieval and renaissance fortifications surrounding the State. Prior to the River Concordat of 1815, the State encompassed an uncertain amount of territory which largely depended on rival claims inconsistent with modern definitions of state boundaries, but at its most liberal definition the State encompassed the entire territory of the [[Duchy of Transurciana]], the parts of the [[Archduchy of Urceopolis]] south of the Esquiline and east of the [[Urce River]]. Papal control gradually contracted to a smaller but still uncertain boundary until the modern borders were fixed in 1815. | The Papal State is a landlocked enclave entirely within the city of [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]] in [[Urcea]], located on the southern bank of the Esquiline River. The state is approximately rectangular shaped, occupying a space of 1.6 miles east to west and .8 miles north to south at its widest and tallest, giving the state about a square mile of area. The State is located entirely within the Vatican Walls, a complex of medieval and renaissance fortifications surrounding the State. Prior to the River Concordat of 1815, the State encompassed an uncertain amount of territory which largely depended on rival claims inconsistent with modern definitions of state boundaries, but at its most liberal definition the State encompassed the entire territory of the [[Duchy of Transurciana]], the parts of the [[Archduchy of Urceopolis]] south of the Esquiline and east of the [[Urce River]]. Papal control gradually contracted to a smaller but still uncertain boundary until the modern borders were fixed in 1815. | ||