What is meant today
The Principality of Sabourg was a tiny territorial entity, of approximately 110 km2 and recognized at the time as an independent sovereign state, following the approval of the first statutes and regulations, drawn up for the monks of the Abbey of Lérins in 1261, at the Chaplaincy of San Michele in Ventimiglia. The monks of the Principality of Sabourg reigned from 1261 to 1729, the year in which they sold this Principality to the king of Sardinia. From 1730 to 1945 the territories of the Principality of Sabourg were administered by the Savoy Monarchy, or by the Kingdom of Italy. Since 1946 the municipality of Seborga has been included among the municipalities of the Province of Imperia of the Italian Republic; in fact the Republic unilaterally exercises the right of Protectorate conferred on the Savoys, as illustrated in the photo illustrated below:
“Seborga has been faithful to the Protecting Dynasty over the centuries”
This is tangible proof that Seborga was not an integral part of the Kingdom of Italy, but rather a Savoy Protectorate.
This statue was erected in honor of King Umberto I 20 years after his death, in honor of the person who founded the municipality of Seborga in 1896, as shown by the coat of arms of the Savoy monarchy, inscribed on the wall of the ancient abbey building, at interior of the cloister, as shown in the photo below:
Unfortunately, during the restoration of the facade, the coat of arms which evidently belonged to the Savoy family was painted blue, because only they administered the territory by virtue of the protectorate in 1896.
The path that we followed to reconstitute the Principality of Sabourg was studied, according to historical and theological sources, proceeding with the establishment of a religious congregation in Seborga, in this case, the Monastic Order of Seborga, disconnected from the Vatican but hinged on a religious body that has official relations with the Roman Catholic Church.
The Monesgasco religious body "Polish National Catholic Church in Monaco" which established the Monastic Order of Seborga, as a result of its legation with the Polish National Catholic Church based in Pennsylvania, of which it is an official emanation, can claim the ancient right to the place of the monks of Lérins and of the Congregation of the Benedictines or the Cistercians, and above all by the Vatican by virtue of the fact that in our opinion, the Abbey of Lérins and that of Mont Majeur d'Arles have lost the right of legation with the Principality of Sabourg as a result of the sale of 30 January 1729, having received payment from the King of Sardinia.
The deed of sale dated 30 January 1729 is ineffective or void due to failure to comply with the condition imposed by Pope Benedict XIII on the sale: "pay all debts and I will not oppose the sale".
In fact, the Supreme Pontiff of Rome would become the holder of the vacant seat of Prince Abbot from 1729 until 1929, the year in which he signed the Lateran pacts with the Kingdom of Italy.
At this point the Italian Republic would have been entitled to legally hold the permanent Protectorate over the Principality of Sabourg, which it did officially until 4 November 2020, the day on which the newly elected Prince Abbot, His Most Reverend Highness Giovanni Luca (born Gianluca de Lucia), legitimately installed and crowned on 28 December 2019, officially claimed the right of sovereignty of the Principality of Sabourg from the President of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic.
This epochal event is legitimized by the reconstitution of the Sabourg Abbey, as a result of the right that the Monegasque religious body reactivated the religious congregation in Seborga. It is necessary to underline that this religious body, being an emanation of the Polish National Catholic Church, by virtue of the fact that this church was born from the schism with the Roman Catholic Church before the stipulation of the Laternan Pacts, it has the right to claim the right of the Vatican, abrogated by the signing of the Pacts themselves which impose the renunciation of all territories outside the Vatican walls.
Finally, we would like to underline that the citizens of Seborga, called "Seborghini", i.e. those who were actually born in Seborga and have lived there for generations, five or six families in total, could have contested the birth of the Italian Republic and possibly taken action, through a referendum local, to the vote of a local Governor, in order to initiate the birth of the Republic of Seborga.
This event could have asserted a juridical value in the absence of the right of sovereignty exercised by the religious.
SO
On 29 September 2019, with the advent of the Monastic Order in Seborga, the monks, tertiaries and lay brothers, together with the clergy, legitimately re-established the ancient right of sovereignty of the Principality of Seborga, albeit without territorial possession.
Therefore no other legal entity has the right to assert legitimacy to govern the Principality of Seborga.