DONATIONS OF CONSTANTINE
\də͡ʊnˈe͡ɪʃənz ɒv kˈɒnstantˌiːn], \dəʊnˈeɪʃənz ɒv kˈɒnstantˌiːn], \d_əʊ_n_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n_z ɒ_v k_ˈɒ_n_s_t_a_n_t_ˌiː_n]\
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A clumsy and audacious forgery, circ. A.D. 760, granting from C. to the pope and his successors "palatium nostrum, et urbem Romam, et totius Italiae et occidentalium regionum provincias, loca, civitates," etc. ; when the seat of empire was transferred to Constantinople. (See Milman, Hist, of Latin Christianity, bk. i. 72.)
By Henry Percy Smith
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