| Provincia di Campagna e Marittima | |||||||||
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| Province of thePapal States | |||||||||
| 1198–1816 | |||||||||
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| Capital | Ferentino Frosinone | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1198 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1816 | ||||||||
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TheCampagna and Marittima Province (LatinCampaniæ Maritimæque Provincia,ItalianProvincia di Campagna e Marittima) was one of the fiveprovinces of thePapal States from the 12th century to the end of the 18th.
The province was established byPope Innocent III in the year 1198, withFrosinone as its capital. Innocent's aim was to counter attempts to achieve self-government in some of the towns in the south of his domains, such asAlatri,Ferentino,Velletri andTerracina, by installing agarrison at Ferentino. Even before that the "Province of the Roman Campagna and Marittima Province' was part of thePatrimony of St Peter.[1]
In 1357, the establishment of the province was confirmed by theConstitutiones Sanctæ Matris Ecclesiæ.
The province was administered by a class of feudal 'Roman barons'.[2]
Marittima e Campagna was apapal legation (IV Legation) from1850 until 1860, when it was annexed by theKingdom of Sardinia as part of theunification of Italy. It covered a slightly larger area than the old Campagna and Marittima province.
