National Liberation Front of Corsica National Liberation Front of Corsica The National Liberation Front of Corsica (; ; abbreviated ) is a militant group that advocates an independent state on the island of Corsica, separate from France. The organisation is primarily present in Corsica and less so on the French mainland. "A Conculta Naziunalista" is often considered to be the political wing of the organisation. Typical militant acts by the FLNC were bombings aimed at public buildings, banks, tourist infrastructures, military buildings and other perceived French symbols, in addition to aggravated assault against civilians, armed bank robbery, and extortion against private enterprises through so-called "revolutionary
Roman Catholic Diocese of Mariana in Corsica greatly compromised. In 1453 Pope Nicholas V entered into a verbal agreement with the Republic of Genoa, which specified that, although the Pope maintained the exclusive right to appoint bishops on the Island of Corsica, he would appoint only Genoese subjects who were acceptable to the Government. The Genoese government turned the island over to the administration of the Genoese Banco di S. Giorgio, under new statutes for Corsica were issued, the "Capitula Corsorum", which specified that bishops on the island had to be natives of the island. In 1464, however, the Republic of Genoa came under the domination of