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Donation of Constantine
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Donation of Constantine

Forged 8th-century document purporting to record the Roman emperor Constantine's surrender of temporal sovereignty in Western Europe to Pope Sylvester I (314-25).

In the Middle Ages, this document was used as papal propaganda in the struggle between pope and emperor, which was at its most heated during the investiture contest. It was finally exposed as forged by the German philosopher Nicholas of Cusa and Lorenzo Valla in the 15th century.
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