Pius IX Refuses Support for Piedmont-Sardinia
- When
- April 1848
- Where
- Papal States
In April 1848 Pius IX issued an allocution refusing to support Piedmont-Sardinia against Austria, leaving Charles Albert's aspiration for unification with papal endorsement unfulfilled.
Pius IX, whose 1846 election had raised expectations of reform and modernization in the Papal States and the Catholic Church, published an allocution refusing to support Piedmont-Sardinia against Austria. The refusal meant that King Charles Albert's aspiration to unite Italy with the endorsement of the pope, head of the Papal States, went unfulfilled, affecting the Italian unification movement.
Sources
- Pope Pius IX Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-20
- Revolutions of 1848 in the Italian states Wikipedia
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