Law of Guarantees

After the overthrow of the Papal States in 1870, Italy's Law of Guarantees accorded the Pope certain honors and privileges similar to those enjoyed by the King of Italy, including the right to send and receive ambassadors as if he still had temporal power as ruler of a state.

Related Topics:
Papal States - Italy - Pope - King of Italy - Ambassador - Temporal power

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Pope Pius IX and his successors refused to recognize the right of the Italian king to reign over what had formerly been the Papal States, or to be mollified by the Law of Guarantees, and instead considered themselves prisoners of the Vatican, refusing to set foot outside the walls of the Vatican until the Lateran Treaty of 1929.

Related Topics:
Pope Pius IX - Prisoners of the Vatican - Lateran Treaty

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