Patrimoniolum Ecclesiae Nostrae: The Papal Estates in Merovingian Provence
Gregory I. Halfond
The papacy was one of the Mediterranean world’s most powerful landowners in early medieval West. Its property holdings (known collectively as Patrimonium Sancti Petri) stretched from Dalmatia to Italy North Africa. Among its were patrimonial estates southern Gaul. Although much about these remains mysterious, not least all their shadowy origins and demise, absence evidence does reflect a lack historical importance. existence Gallic patrimony helped strengthen ties between Merovingian kingdoms Rome, served an important outpost papal authority within Moreover, patrimony’s managers (or rectors) deeply involved local politics Provence. This article surveys available for patrimony, attempts situate it complex ecclesiastical world Francia.
Comitatus-a Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies