He's been beatified. OOOOO! After the Risorgimento, Pius went into a permanent snit because the papal states no longer wanted to be run by him. And yes, to say that they rejected papal rule is quite obvious. In 1870, there was a plebiscite on the question "Should Rome become part of the Kingdom of Italy or should it remain under papal rule?" Of the 135,291 votes cast, 133,681 were in favor of union, 1507 were against, and 103 were classified as invalid. Pius pretended that his life was in danger if he left the Vatican, which is dubious in the extreme.