12, 1797) followed.

By this the Pope conceded formally (for the first time), his ancient territory of Avignon.

He resigned the legations of Ferrara, Bologna, and Romagna, and the port of Ancona; agreed to pay about a million and a half sterling, and to execute to the utmost the provisions of Bologna with respect to works of art.

On these terms Pius was to remain nominal master of some shreds of the patrimony of St.Peter.
The French Directory heard with indignation that any semblance of sovereignty was still left to an enemy whose weakness had been made so manifest.

But Buonaparte had now learned to act for himself.