What was the legal basis for a future papal territory?
Pepin's Proclamation
Charlemagne's Edict
Donation of Pepin
Treaty of Verdun
Answer
The Donation of Pepin, made in 756 AD by the Frankish king Pepin the Short to Pope Stephen II, served as the legal foundation for the establishment of the Papal States, a sovereign territory ruled by the popes.
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