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TheConstitutiones Sanctæ Matris Ecclesiæ (English:Constitutions of the Holy Mother Church), informally known as theConstitutiones Aegidianae (English:Egidian Constitutions,Italian:Costituzioni egidiane), were six books of law which formed the first historicconstitution of thePapal States. They were redacted atFano byCardinal Albornoz[1] between 29 April and 1 May 1357 at an assembly of all thevicars of the pontifical territories.
TheConstitutiones formed the highest law of a vast stretch ofcentral Italy, including the modern regions ofEmilia-Romagna,Marche,Umbria, andLazio, until 1816. Under theConstitutiones, the Papal States were divided into five provinces: theDuchy of Spoleto,March of Ancona,Romagna,Patrimony of Saint Peter, and theCampagne and Maritime Province. Each province fell under the direction of arector appointed personally by thepope. Each rector was charged with the selection of a council of seven justices for his province. The purpose of the council was to counter corruption and each justice had to belong to a different province than the one to which he was appointed. The rector also had the power to name the chief of the armed forces of his province, but was barred from bestowing the office on one of his relatives.
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