The Campagna and Marittima Province (Latin Campaniæ Maritimæque Provincia, Italian Provincia di Campagna e Marittima) was one of the seven provinces of the Papal States from the 12th century to the end of the 18th.
| Provincia di Campagna e Marittima | |||||||||
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| Province of the Papal States | |||||||||
| 1198–1816 | |||||||||
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| Capital | Ferentino Frosinone | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1198 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1816 | ||||||||
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The province was established by Pope Innocent III in the year 1198, with Frosinone 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 as Alatri, Ferentino, Velletri and Terracina, by installing a garrison at Ferentino. Even before that the "Province of the Roman Campagna and Marittima Province' was part of the Patrimony of St Peter.[1]
In 1357, the establishment of the province was confirmed by the Constitutiones Sanctæ Matris Ecclesiæ.
The province was administered by a class of feudal 'Roman barons'.[2]
Marittima e Campagna was a papal legation (IV Legation) from 1850 until 1860, when it was annexed by the Kingdom of Sardinia as part of the unification of Italy. It covered a slightly larger area than the old Campagna and Marittima province.
