Pope Pius II (Latin: Pius PP. II, Italian: Pio II), born Enea Silvio Bartolomeo Piccolomini (Latin: Aeneas Silvius Bartholomeus; 18 October 1405 – 14 August...

Piccolomini was elected on 22 September 1503 and took the name "Pius III" after his uncle Pius II. This selection can be seen as a compromise between factions...

Stephen Tomašević made an alliance with the Hungarians and asked Pope Pius II for help in the face of an impending Ottoman invasion. In 1463, after a...

During World War II Pius saw his primary obligation as being to ensure the continuation of the "Church visible" and its divine mission. Pius XII lobbied world...

Pope Pius may refer to: Pope Pius I (c. 140–154; officially listed as 142/146 – 157/161) Pope Pius II (1458–1464) Pope Pius III (1503) Pope Pius IV (1559–1565)...

expedition against John II of Anjou (r. 1453–1470). In 1463, he was earmarked to be the chief commander of the crusading forces of Pope Pius II, but the Pope died...

Pope Marcellus II did not canonize any saints. Pope Paul IV did not canonize any saints. Pope Pius IV did not canonize any saints. Pope Pius V canonized...

decree of 13 April 1866, Pope Pius IX declared Catherine of Siena to be a co-patroness of Rome. On 18 June 1939 Pope Pius XII named her a joint patron...

V. Pius V died on 1 May 1572. Pius V suffered from bladder stones, a condition for which he was unwilling to have an operation. Additionally, Pius V fasted...

a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church during the reigns of Popes Pius II, Paul II and Sixtus IV. Born in Mantua on 15 March 1444, Francesco Gonzaga was...

Papal Curia at the time and served as an advisor to Pius. Construction started about 1459. Pope Pius II consecrated the Duomo on 29 August 1462, during his...

son pontificat. Vol I, II. Paris Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pius IX. Wikisource has original works by or about: Pius IX Wikiquote has quotations...

in Wallachia. To provide an explanation for Vlad's imprisonment to Pope Pius II and the Venetians (who had sent money to finance a campaign against the...

contains an extensive bibliography.? The biography of Pope Pius II, Ady, Cecilia M. 1913. Pius II (Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini) : the Humanist Pope (Methuen:...

amongst the humanists and churchmen of that era: Crusade or dialogue. Pope Pius II strongly advocated for another Crusade, while the German Nicholas of Cusa...

of the Pazzi family. She was a musician, and played the organ for Pope Pius II and the future Pope Alexander VI in 1460; she was a landowner. Bianca was...

subsequent Fourth Anti-Hussite Crusade. Crusade of Pius II. The Crusade of Pius II (1464). At age 60, Pius II took the cross in 1464 and departed for Ancona...

decision making. The Italian humanist Enea Silvio Piccolomini, later Pope Pius II, who at one time worked at Frederick's court, described the Emperor as...

under Nicholas V and Calixtus III, but less so under Pius II. Barbo was elected to succeed Pope Pius II by the accessus in the first ballot of the papal conclave...

(rebuilt as an "ideal town" in the 15th century under the patronage of Pope Pius II), Radicofani (home to the notorious brigand-hero Ghino di Tacco) and Montalcino...

complete copy has been sold since 1978. In March 1455, the future Pope Pius II wrote that he had seen pages from the Gutenberg Bible displayed in Frankfurt...

The Pius War (or Pius Wars) refer to debates over the legacy of Pope Pius XII and his actions during the Holocaust. The phrase was first coined in a 2004...

2011-10-18.[self-published source] Weber, Nicholas Aloysius (1911). "Pope Pius II" . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 12. New York:...

Pope Pius II (r. 1458–1464) created thirteen new cardinals in three consistories: Angelo Capranica, bishop of Rieti – cardinal priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme...

Hans-Adam II (Johannes Adam Ferdinand Alois Josef Maria Marco d'Aviano Pius; born 14 February 1945) is the Prince of Liechtenstein. He is the son of Prince...

amantibus) (1444) is a novel by Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini, the future Pope Pius II. It is one of the earliest examples of an epistolary novel, full of erotic...

elected as his successor Cardinal Enea Silvio Piccolomini who took the name Pius II. Pope Callixtus III, the first pope of the House of Borgia, died on August...

Thomas travelled to Rome, where he was received and provided for by Pope Pius II. His hopes of retaking the Morea never materialized and he died in Rome...

the following year he was a member of the delegation which received Pope Pius II in the city. The following year Cosimo made him general director of the...

of the common people. He maintained an active correspondence with Pope Pius II, who forgave him for the loss of Serbia and worked with him to preserve...