Arborea came under papal protection.

In this bull of papal protection the house is described as the priory of St. Margaret of 'Elenfordesmer.'

At the request of King Lothair of France and his wife, Benedict placed the monastery of Blandin under papal protection.

In 1051, just prior to the Pisan occupation of Corsica, the monastery was reconstituted, still Benedictine, and was declared under papal protection.

In 1223 Pope Honorius III placed the abbey under direct papal protection, but its position was irretrievably lost.

Città del Castello, which had a long rivalry with Arezzo, had reason to want papal protection in order to stave off the ambitions of Arezzo.

In 1147 it was granted papal protection by Pope Eugene II.

However, a privilege of Pope Gregory VII, drawn up between 1073 and 1075, put Hirsau under papal protection.

The Church recognised that concern about their families and estates might discourage crusaders, however, so they instituted special papal protections for them as part of the crusading privilege.

The second category is Orders of Chivalry directly under papal protection.