Ratification signed by Bonaparte in 1801 of the Concordat between the french republic and the pope Pius VII. With a golden seal (377 grammes)The Concordat of 1801 was an agreement between Napoleon and Pope Pius VII; signed on 15 July 1801 in Paris.It remained in effect until 1905. It sought national reconciliation between revolutionaries and Catholics and solidified the Roman Catholic Church as the majority church of France; with most of its civil status restored.The Vatican Secret Archives (Archives secretes du Vatican - Archivio Segreto Vaticano) is the central repository in the Vatican City for all of the acts promulgated by the Holy See. The archives also contain the state papers; correspondence; papal account books and many other documents which the church has accumulated over the centuries. More than 1000 years of history on 85 km of shelving. The papal archives has served the Holy See for 400 years and is one of the most important and renowned research centres in the world. Ii is a treasure trove of peerless precious documents: millions of papers and parchments that can be accessed by scholars of all nationalities and all faiths.- Vatican Secret Archives (1999)