Regno di Dio sulla Terra:A Reign of God on Earth
Prologue
These following texts are taken from the History of the Papal State,published by the Britannian National Encylopedia Foundation,24 October 2014
The Savoyan Monarch,Vittorio Emanuelle II
The concept of a state,adhering to the law of god,and follows every principles of god itself,on the society,economy,or even the millitary sectors-of that nation,is something that is peculiar,when you rethink about it.But our world,have seen those.In the faraway land of Tibet,lies the Tibetan state,where the Buddhist head of religion,the Dalai Lama is appointed as the state's leader.There was the Caliphate,established by the last prophet of Islam,Mohammed-and gradually,over time,the title of a Caliph is reduced into a symbol of sheer prestige,which now,currently held by the Egyptian Sultan.But finally,there is the strongest among them,the true,and one of the world's biggest power,the Papacy.
The Papacy itself starts its story when Pepin donated the land for the Catholic Church,and Stephen II marks himself as the first ruler,on 754 AD.Soon,over time,after gaining independence from the HRE,the Papacy began to grow,not only as a center of the Catholic faith,but also as a state,whom in the eras of Pope Alexander VI and Julius II saw the Papacy itself acting not like a center of religion,but as a sovereign state,engaging on wars-which not only as a "Crusade" against the heretics,or defending the church,but also,for land gains,and consolidating their own power on Europe,with on the 1800's,the Papacy consists of 2/5 of the Italian peninsulla,with holdings on the Two Sicilies,and Avignon.But things,eventually,will turn into the Papacy's most challenging times,in no time.Eversince the first disestablishment of the Papacy on February 5,1798,the Papacy saw itself.In dire,and extreme danger,as the world around them quickly evolves-into something else,with revolutions taking place everywhere,on every place they knew.
But Europe,eventually will have one man,changing the course of history,forever.
Europe,at that era,is a literal burning powderkeg,whom waiting for a expolosion,triggered by a incident,or a event.With the concept of nationalism began to be brewed on the Germanic and Italian lands starting from the 1830's,the Germans,alongside with the Italians,looking at the Russians,French,and British with envy,fueled by the fact that the Germanic-and Italian lands are fragmented into weak,warring and squabbling states-with the Germans suffering the worst,having its lands divided for centuries...the Papacy realizes that they're on a tight spot.But things,will be changed,as a man,entered the annals of history of the Papacy,forever.
Pius IX,the vanguard of the Church,unifier of the Italian peninsulla
When Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti is elected as pope,many despises him,as his epilepsy,despite his rather-multitalented background-serves as a justification for those who despises him.It all also got worse,as he put "Pius" as his Papal name,after his patron,the prisoner of Napoleon,Pius VII.Pius IX,whom ascended to the status of a Pope on 1846,where Italy is a warzone for radicalism and nationalist revolutionaries,is faced with great challenges-and rocky roads ahead.Originally known as a man with a penchant of friendship,and oddly-great sense of humor,Pius IX eventually turns into a mirror of his predecessor from the Renaissance era,Julius II and Alexander VI,with somehow only having their positive sides merged into Pius's life.Pius,still,is a man whom now filled with black humor,and a sense more akin like a warrior,not a pope.It all caused,by a single event that wounds his head,changed his mind,and changed Europe,forever.
Originally sympathic to the revolutionary cause of the Italian nationalists,Pius IX,whom ended up rejecting the demands of the Italian revolutionaries to declare war against Austria after a delegate of revolutionaries-and eventually losing the land itself to the self-proclaimed Roman Republic-ruled by the-eventually-failed "Triumverate",the year 1850 saw a life-changing assassination attempt on the Pope.Giusseppe Trandelli,a disgruntled,radical Roman Republic government agent hailing from Northern Italy,saw assassinating the Pope as the only thing that could change the fate of Italy.On early morning of 10 April 1850,Trandelli,who's attending a mass that Pius IX held not too far from Rome,brought a gun to the site,hoping that his shot will take out the Pope.With his hands ready,he shoots the Pope,which sent the Pope into the ground,as the bullet entered his head.Trandelli,upon shooting the Pope,knowing his time is short,proudly exclaimed that..
"il papato è morto! L'Italia è Unito ora!"(The Papacy is Dead! Italy is United Now!)
Before getting shot and mobbed afterwards,instantly killing him.The Pope is immidiately carried to safety,away from the chaos.
The only known photograph of Trandelli,whom bears striking resemblance to the Russian-born Italian actor,Leon D'Capri.
As the pope is carried to safety,and undergoes a extensive medical procedures,operations and care,the Pope described that during that time,he was blessed by Jesus,and thus,he was allowed to return to the world of the living again,as Jesus claims that his job is not over yet.Yet,despite having this miracle,Pius IX fell into a deep coma for a week,which he also claimed to be visited by the apparitions-or spirits of Alexander VI,and Julius II,whom states that Pius IX is their successor,and its his time to re-establish the Papal glory,on Europe,with the total annihilation of those who tried to kill him-will be his first job to do.
The coma left the world questioning,and just before the conclave is going to do another election,Pius woke up,apparently not knowing about the wound on his head..stating..
"I won't stop,I won't die until the enemies of the church met their end."
That night,will be forever remembered as the night where Pius lost himself,and as the night where the Papacy reforms into a force of god,not only as a messenger of god.And for Pius IX,he will be remembered not only as a Pope,but more than that,as he will held the fate of Europe in his hands...soon enough.
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(POD):The whole Trandelli thing.
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