Editing Papal States (section)

==Papal military==
{{See also|Military in Vatican City}}
[[File:I fratelli de charette de la contrie detti i moschettieri del papa.jpg|thumb|right|[[Papal Zouaves]] pose in 1869.]]
Historically the Papal States maintained military forces composed of [[Military volunteer|volunteers]], [[mercenaries]] (including [[Corsican Guard]]) and Catholic [[Military order (religious society)|military orders]]. Between 1860 and 1870 the Papal Army (''Esercito Pontificio'' in Italian) comprised two regiments of locally recruited Italian infantry, two Swiss regiments and a battalion of [[Irish military diaspora|Irish volunteers]], plus artillery and [[dragoon]]s.<ref>{{cite book |first=Massimo |last=Brandani |page=6 |title=L'Esercito Pontificio da Castelfidardo a Porta Pia |year=1976 |publisher=Intergest |location=Milan}}</ref>
In 1861 an international Catholic volunteer corps, called [[Papal Zouaves]] after a kind of French colonial native Algerian infantry, and imitating their uniform type, was created. Predominantly made up of Belgian, French and Dutch volunteers, this corps saw service against [[Garibaldi]]'s [[redshirts (Italy)|Redshirts]], Italian patriots, and finally the forces of the newly united Italy.<ref>Charles A. Coulombe, ''The Pope's Legion: The Multinational Fighting Force that Defended the Vatican'', Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2008</ref>

The Papal Army was disbanded in 1870, leaving only the [[Palatine Guard]], which was itself disbanded on 14 September 1970 by [[Pope Paul VI]];{{sfn|Levillain|2002|page=1095}} the [[Noble Guard]], which also disbanded in 1970; and the [[Swiss Guard]], which continues to serve both as a ceremonial unit at the Vatican and as the Pope's protective force.

A small [[Papal Navy]] was also maintained, based at [[Civitavecchia]] on the west coast and Ancona on the east. With the fall of the Papal States in 1870, the last ships of the flotilla were sailed to France, where they were sold after the death of Pius IX.