Congregation for Borders
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The Congregation for Borders (Congregazione dei Confini) was a congregation
of the Roman curia. It was set up by pope Urban VIII
in his apostolic constitution
of Debitum pastoralis officii on 1 October 1627 to oversee the borders of the Papal States
and suppressed in 1847.
Congregation (Roman Curia)
A congregation is a type of dicastery of the Roman Curia, the central administrative organism of the Catholic Church....
of the Roman curia. It was set up by pope Urban VIII
Pope Urban VIII
Pope Urban VIII , born Maffeo Barberini, was pope from 1623 to 1644. He was the last pope to expand the papal territory by force of arms, and was a prominent patron of the arts and reformer of Church missions...
in his apostolic constitution
Apostolic constitution
An apostolic constitution is the highest level of decree issued by the Pope. The use of the term constitution comes from Latin constitutio, which referred to any important law issued by the Roman emperor, and is retained in church documents because of the inheritance that the canon law of the...
of Debitum pastoralis officii on 1 October 1627 to oversee the borders of the Papal States
Papal States
The Papal State, State of the Church, or Pontifical States were among the major historical states of Italy from roughly the 6th century until the Italian peninsula was unified in 1861 by the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia .The Papal States comprised territories under...
and suppressed in 1847.