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May 19, 1797
Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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Paris report on the Treaty of Peace between the French Republic and Pope Pius VI, signed at Tolentino on February 19, 1797. The treaty establishes peace, revokes papal alliances against France, cedes territories like Avignon and parts of the Papal States, requires payments of 30 million French livres, and outlines military evacuations and other provisions.
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PARIS, March 18.
The Italian Gazettes give us the articles of the Treaty of Peace concluded between the Pope and the French Republic, of which the following is an authentic copy
Art. I. There shall be peace, friendship, and good understanding between the French Republic and Pope Pius the sixth.
II. The Pope revokes all adhesion, assistance and concession, open or secret, given by him to the Coalition aimed against the Republic of France; and to every treaty of alliance offensive and defensive, with whatever power it may be. He engages himself not to furnish either for the present or any future war, to any power armed against the French Republic, any succours in men, ships, arms, warlike stores, provisions or money, under any title or denomination whatever.
III. His holiness shall disband, within five days after the ratification of the present treaty, the troops of the new formation, retaining only the regiment existing before the treaty of armistice signed at Bologna.
IV. The ships of war or corsairs of the powers armed against the French Republic, shall not enter, or at least shall not make any stay during the present war, in the ports or roads of the Ecclesiastical States.
V. The French Republic shall continue to enjoy, as before the war, all the rights and prerogatives which France had at Rome, and shall be treated in every respect as the most respectable powers, and particularly so as to what relates to it's Ambassador or Minister, its Consuls or Vice-Consuls.
VI. The Pope shall renounce absolutely and entirely, all the rights which he may pretend to have in the cities and territories of Avignon, the Comtat Venaissin, and its dependencies; and shall transfer, give up, and abandon the said rights to the French Republic.
VII. The Pope in like manner renounces forever, and gives up and transfers to the French Republic, all his right to the territories known by the title of the Legation of Bologna, Ferrara, and Romagna; and no attack shall be made on the Catholic Religion in those Legations.
VIII. The citadel and villages forming the territory of the city of Ancona, shall remain in the hands of the Republic till a peace with the Emperor shall be concluded.
IX. The Pope engages for himself and his successors, not to transfer to any one the titles of signories attached to the territory hereby ceded to the French Republic.
X. His Holiness engages to pay and deliver at Foligno, to the treasurer of the French army, before the 5th March 1797, the sum of 15,000,000 of French Livres Tournois, of which 10,000,000 shall be in specie, and 5,000,000 in diamonds, and other valuable effects; besides the sum of 1,600,000 remaining due according to the 9th article of the Armistice signed at Bologna on the 5th Messidor, in the 4th year of the Republic, and ratified by his Holiness on the 17th of June.
XI. In order to settle finally what shall remain to be paid, in order to the complete execution of the armistice signed at Bologna, his Holiness shall provide the army with 800 cavalry horses accoutred, and 800 draught horses, bulls and buffaloes, and other objects produced from the territory of the Church.
XII. Besides the sum mentioned in the preceding articles, the Pope shall pay to the French Republic, in specie, diamonds, and other valuables, the sum of 15,000,000 of French livres tournois, of which 10,000,000 livres shall be paid in the course of March, and five in the course of April next.
XIII. The 8th article of the Treaty of Armistice signed at Bologna, concerning the manuscripts and objects of art, shall be carried into complete execution as speedily as possible.
XIV. The French army shall evacuate Umbria, Perugia, and Camerino, as soon as the 10th article of the present treaty shall be executed and accomplished.
XV. The French army shall evacuate the Province of Macerata, excepting Ancona and Fano, and their territories, as soon as the first five millions of the sum mentioned in 12th article of the present treaty shall have been paid and delivered.
XVI. The French shall evacuate the territory of the city of Fano, and the Duchy of Urbino, as soon as the second five millions of the sum mentioned in the 12 article of the present treaty shall have been delivered and the 3d, 10th, 11th and 13th, shall have been executed. The last five millions, making the whole of the sum stipulated to be paid by the 12th article, shall be paid at farthest in the course of April next.
XVII. The French Republic cedes to the Pope all its right to the different religious foundations in the city of Rome, and at Loretto; and the Pope cedes entirely to the French Republic all the allodial property belonging to the Holy See, in the three provinces of Bologna, Ferrara, and Romagna, and particularly the estate of Meldola and its dependencies; the Pope, reserving to himself however, in case they shall be sold, a third of the sums arising from such sale, which shall be remitted as part of his contribution.
XVIII. His Holiness shall disavow, by his minister at Paris, the assassination of the Secretary of Legation, Basseville; and, in the course of the year, the sum of three hundred thousand livres, shall be paid to, and divided amongst those who have suffered by this event.
XIX. His Holiness shall set at liberty all persons in confinement on account of their political opinions.
XX. The Commander in Chief shall permit all the prisoners of war from the troops of his Holiness, to return home as soon as he shall have received the ratifications of this treaty.
XXI. Until a commercial treaty shall be concluded between the French Republic and the Pope, the commerce of the Republic shall be re-established and treated by the States of his Holiness on the same footing as the nation most favoured in its commerce:
XXII. Conformably to the 6th article of the treaty concluded at the Hague in April, in the 3d year, the peace concluded by the present treaty between the French Republic and his Holiness is declared to extend to the Batavian Republic.
XXIII. The post of France shall be re-established at Rome, in the same as it existed before.
XXIV. The School of Arts, instituted at Rome for all the French, shall be re-established, and shall continue to be conducted as before the war. The Palace belonging to the Republic, where the school is held, shall be restored without waste.
XXV. All the Articles, Clauses and Conditions, of the present treaty shall be, without exception, obligatory forever, as well on his Holiness as on his successors.
XXVI. The present treaty shall be ratified with the shortest possible delay.
Made and signed at the Head-quarters of Tolentino, by the said Plenipotentiaries, 19th February 1797.
(Signed) BUONAPARTE,
CACAULT.
The Italian Gazettes give us the articles of the Treaty of Peace concluded between the Pope and the French Republic, of which the following is an authentic copy
Art. I. There shall be peace, friendship, and good understanding between the French Republic and Pope Pius the sixth.
II. The Pope revokes all adhesion, assistance and concession, open or secret, given by him to the Coalition aimed against the Republic of France; and to every treaty of alliance offensive and defensive, with whatever power it may be. He engages himself not to furnish either for the present or any future war, to any power armed against the French Republic, any succours in men, ships, arms, warlike stores, provisions or money, under any title or denomination whatever.
III. His holiness shall disband, within five days after the ratification of the present treaty, the troops of the new formation, retaining only the regiment existing before the treaty of armistice signed at Bologna.
IV. The ships of war or corsairs of the powers armed against the French Republic, shall not enter, or at least shall not make any stay during the present war, in the ports or roads of the Ecclesiastical States.
V. The French Republic shall continue to enjoy, as before the war, all the rights and prerogatives which France had at Rome, and shall be treated in every respect as the most respectable powers, and particularly so as to what relates to it's Ambassador or Minister, its Consuls or Vice-Consuls.
VI. The Pope shall renounce absolutely and entirely, all the rights which he may pretend to have in the cities and territories of Avignon, the Comtat Venaissin, and its dependencies; and shall transfer, give up, and abandon the said rights to the French Republic.
VII. The Pope in like manner renounces forever, and gives up and transfers to the French Republic, all his right to the territories known by the title of the Legation of Bologna, Ferrara, and Romagna; and no attack shall be made on the Catholic Religion in those Legations.
VIII. The citadel and villages forming the territory of the city of Ancona, shall remain in the hands of the Republic till a peace with the Emperor shall be concluded.
IX. The Pope engages for himself and his successors, not to transfer to any one the titles of signories attached to the territory hereby ceded to the French Republic.
X. His Holiness engages to pay and deliver at Foligno, to the treasurer of the French army, before the 5th March 1797, the sum of 15,000,000 of French Livres Tournois, of which 10,000,000 shall be in specie, and 5,000,000 in diamonds, and other valuable effects; besides the sum of 1,600,000 remaining due according to the 9th article of the Armistice signed at Bologna on the 5th Messidor, in the 4th year of the Republic, and ratified by his Holiness on the 17th of June.
XI. In order to settle finally what shall remain to be paid, in order to the complete execution of the armistice signed at Bologna, his Holiness shall provide the army with 800 cavalry horses accoutred, and 800 draught horses, bulls and buffaloes, and other objects produced from the territory of the Church.
XII. Besides the sum mentioned in the preceding articles, the Pope shall pay to the French Republic, in specie, diamonds, and other valuables, the sum of 15,000,000 of French livres tournois, of which 10,000,000 livres shall be paid in the course of March, and five in the course of April next.
XIII. The 8th article of the Treaty of Armistice signed at Bologna, concerning the manuscripts and objects of art, shall be carried into complete execution as speedily as possible.
XIV. The French army shall evacuate Umbria, Perugia, and Camerino, as soon as the 10th article of the present treaty shall be executed and accomplished.
XV. The French army shall evacuate the Province of Macerata, excepting Ancona and Fano, and their territories, as soon as the first five millions of the sum mentioned in 12th article of the present treaty shall have been paid and delivered.
XVI. The French shall evacuate the territory of the city of Fano, and the Duchy of Urbino, as soon as the second five millions of the sum mentioned in the 12 article of the present treaty shall have been delivered and the 3d, 10th, 11th and 13th, shall have been executed. The last five millions, making the whole of the sum stipulated to be paid by the 12th article, shall be paid at farthest in the course of April next.
XVII. The French Republic cedes to the Pope all its right to the different religious foundations in the city of Rome, and at Loretto; and the Pope cedes entirely to the French Republic all the allodial property belonging to the Holy See, in the three provinces of Bologna, Ferrara, and Romagna, and particularly the estate of Meldola and its dependencies; the Pope, reserving to himself however, in case they shall be sold, a third of the sums arising from such sale, which shall be remitted as part of his contribution.
XVIII. His Holiness shall disavow, by his minister at Paris, the assassination of the Secretary of Legation, Basseville; and, in the course of the year, the sum of three hundred thousand livres, shall be paid to, and divided amongst those who have suffered by this event.
XIX. His Holiness shall set at liberty all persons in confinement on account of their political opinions.
XX. The Commander in Chief shall permit all the prisoners of war from the troops of his Holiness, to return home as soon as he shall have received the ratifications of this treaty.
XXI. Until a commercial treaty shall be concluded between the French Republic and the Pope, the commerce of the Republic shall be re-established and treated by the States of his Holiness on the same footing as the nation most favoured in its commerce:
XXII. Conformably to the 6th article of the treaty concluded at the Hague in April, in the 3d year, the peace concluded by the present treaty between the French Republic and his Holiness is declared to extend to the Batavian Republic.
XXIII. The post of France shall be re-established at Rome, in the same as it existed before.
XXIV. The School of Arts, instituted at Rome for all the French, shall be re-established, and shall continue to be conducted as before the war. The Palace belonging to the Republic, where the school is held, shall be restored without waste.
XXV. All the Articles, Clauses and Conditions, of the present treaty shall be, without exception, obligatory forever, as well on his Holiness as on his successors.
XXVI. The present treaty shall be ratified with the shortest possible delay.
Made and signed at the Head-quarters of Tolentino, by the said Plenipotentiaries, 19th February 1797.
(Signed) BUONAPARTE,
CACAULT.
What sub-type of article is it?
Diplomatic
War Report
What keywords are associated?
Treaty Of Tolentino
Pope Pius Vi
French Republic
Peace Treaty
Territorial Cession
Papal States
Financial Payment
Military Evacuation
What entities or persons were involved?
Pope Pius The Sixth
Buonaparte
Cacault
Where did it happen?
Tolentino
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Tolentino
Event Date
19th February 1797
Key Persons
Pope Pius The Sixth
Buonaparte
Cacault
Outcome
peace established; pope revokes alliances against france, disbands troops, cedes avignon, comtat venaissin, legations of bologna, ferrara, and romagna to france; pays 30 million french livres in specie, diamonds, and valuables; french army evacuates specified territories upon payments; prisoners released; commerce and diplomatic rights restored.
Event Details
The treaty, signed at Tolentino, outlines 26 articles detailing peace terms, including revocation of anti-French alliances, military disbandment, naval restrictions, territorial renunciations by the Pope, financial contributions to the French Republic, evacuation schedules for French forces, property exchanges, disavowal of past incidents, prisoner releases, and re-establishment of French institutions in Rome.