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Removed flag of Italian Republic from Infobox, per WP:ICON; Italian Republic is secular state. Veroli was part of the Papal States and the Savoyard Kingdom of Italy, etc.

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I removed the Italian Republic flag (of 1946) icon from the Infobox, in accordance with several sections of WP:ICON; specifically (quoting),

  • Generally, flag icons should not be used in infoboxes, even when there is a "country", "nationality" or equivalent field: they are unnecessarily distracting and give undue prominence to one field among many....
  • Flags make simple, blunt statements about nationality, while words can express the facts with more complexity. [Veroli was part of the Papal States, was under the domination of the French and the Spanish, belonged to the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy, and the Savoyard Kingdom of Italy. The Italian flag used was that of the Republic of Italy, not created until 1946, and now officially a secular state with no state religion]....
  • Do not rewrite history. Flags should not be used to misrepresent the nationality of a historical figure [including some bishops], event, object, etc. Political boundaries change, often over the span of a biographical article subject's lifetime. Where ambiguity or confusion could result, it is better not to use a flag at all, and where one is genuinely needed, use the historically accurate flag.

--Vicedomino (talk) 02:47, 6 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]