History of San Marino: Difference between revisions

After [[Napoleon]]'s [[Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars|campaign of Italy]], San Marino found itself on the border between the [[Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)|Kingdom of Italy]] and long-time ally the [[Papal States]]. On 5 February 1797, when, with the arrival of a letter from General [[Louis Alexandre Berthier]] addressed to the Regents, it was required to arrest and consign the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Rimini|Bishop of Rimini]], Monsignor Vincenzo Ferretti, accused of instigating crimes against the French Empire, who fled with all his possessions to San Marino and refusal would result in the immediate intervention of French troops.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}