# Donation of Pepin

> document providing a legal basis for the erection of the Papal States, which extended the temporal rule of the Popes beyond the duchy of Rome

**Wikidata**: [Q973573](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q973573)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donation_of_Pepin)  
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## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013