Description made by Francesco Gelati
The Secretariat of State is the most prominent ministry of the Holy See, dealing with international relations and political issues. The Secretary of State is the most important function on a political and diplomatic level in the Holy See after the Pope.
Indice dei Fondi e relativi mezzi di descrizione e di ricerca dell'Archivio Segreto Vaticano, Vatican City, 2016. See: http://www.archiviosegretovaticano.va/content/dam/archiviosegretovaticano/documenti/Collection%20Index%20and%20related%20description%20and%20research%20resources.pdf
Paolo Valvo, Segreteria di Stato, in Filippo Lovison (dir.), Lemmario Dizionario Storico La Chiesa in Italia, vol. II. See: http://www.storiadellachiesa.it/glossary/segreteria-di-stato-e-la-chiesa-in-italia/
The fonds contains documentation produced by the Secretariat of State and its different departments.
Segreteria di Stato