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History of Vatican City: Primary Documents - http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/vatican.html
Online library and e-text archive of primary source material covering the Catholic Church and the Vatican. Includes transcriptions and translations of early church documents. |
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History of the Holy See (Vatican City State) - http://www.historyofnations.net/europe/theholysee.html
Provides a history of the Vatican from the time of the Papal States to the present. |
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U.S. Department of State - http://www.state.gov/www/background_notes/holy_see_9807_bgn.html
The Holy See Background Note 6/98. |