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Pius V | |
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| Papacy began | 7 January 1566 |
| Papacy ended | 1 May 1572 |
| Predecessor | Pope Pius IV |
| Successor | Pope Gregory XIII |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Antonio Ghislieri |
| Born | 17 January 1504 |
| Died | 1 May 1572 (aged 68) |
| Other popes named Pius | |
Pope Pius V (Latin: Pius V; 17 January 1504 – 1 May 1572), born Antonio Ghislieri and from 1518 called Michele Ghislieri, O.P., was an Italian priest of the Roman Catholic Church and the 226th Pope from 1566 to 1572.[1] He is a saint of the Catholic Church.[2]
Early life
Antonio Ghislieri was born at Bosco in what is now the province of Alessandria, Piedmont), Italy. As a youth, he entered the Dominican Order,[3] and he took the name Michele.
Priest
Ghislieri was ordained as a priest in 1528.[3]
Bishop
Pope Paul IV made him Bishop of Sutri.[4]
Cardinal
Paul IV raised Ghislieri to the rank of cardinal.[4]
Pope Pius IV (1559–65) made Cardinal Ghislieri the Bishop of Mondovi in Piedmont.[3] When Bishop Ghislieri became a cardinal, he did not replace his white Dominican habit with the red robes which most cardinals wore.[5]
Pope
Cardinal Ghislieri was elected pope on 7 January 1566;[6] and he chose to be called Pius V.
Pope Pius was involved in Italian and European political disputes.[3]
In the context of the Counter-Reformation, this pope supported the Inquisition in Italy.[7]
Pope Pius excommunicated Queen Elizabeth I of England.[3]
Pius V is credited as the first pope to wear white robes; and since his papacy, white clothing has become traditional.[8]
After his death
Pius V died on 1 May 1572. His tomb is located in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore; and the pope's body was placed in it in 1698.
Saint
Pius V was beatified by Pope Clement X in the year 1672.[3]
Pope Clement XI made Pius a saint on 24 May 1712.[3]
Related pages
References
- ↑ "List of Popes," Catholic Encyclopedia (2009); retrieved 2011-11-02.
- ↑ Durant, Will and Ariel Durant. (1961). Age of Reason Begins, Vol. 7, pp. 238-239.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 "Pope St. Pius V," Catholic Encyclopedia; retrieved 2011-10-31.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Chisholm, Hugh (1911). Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information. University Press. pp. 684–685.
- ↑ Feldman, David (2009). Do Elephants Jump?. Harper Collins. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-06-184343-3.
- ↑ Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. C. Knight. 1840. pp. 198–199.
- ↑ Antonio Carlo Napoleone Gallenga (1841). Italy: General Views of Its History and Literature in Reference to Its Present State. Saunders and Otley. p. 99.
- ↑ Rev. John Trigilio, Jr. (2011). Catholicism For Dummies. John Wiley & Sons. p. 48. ISBN 978-1-118-05378-2.
Other websites
Media related to Pius V at Wikimedia Commons
. Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913.- Catholic Hierarchy, Pope Pius V
- Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church Archived 2011-10-30 at the Wayback Machine, Cardinal Ghislieri Archived 2015-01-27 at the Wayback Machine
| Preceded by Pius IV |
Pope 1566–1572 |
Succeeded by Gregory XIII |
