black nobility
nounEtymology
Calque of Italian nobiltà nera
- derived from nobiltà nera
Definitions
The Roman aristocratic families who sided with the papacy under Pope Pius IX after the…
The Roman aristocratic families who sided with the papacy under Pope Pius IX after the Savoy family-led army of the Kingdom of Italy entered Rome on 20 September 1870, overthrew the Pope and the Papal States, and took over the Quirinal Palace; and any nobles subsequently ennobled by the Pope prior to the 1929 Lateran Treaty.
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