Author
Pope Pius II
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1458 to 1464 (1405–1464)
- Born
- October 18, 1405, Pienza
- Died
- August 14, 1464, Ancona
- Nationality
- Holy Roman Empire
- Occupation
- Catholic priest, diplomat, writer, university teacher and poet
- Notable works
- Letters · Historia Austrialis · Germania · De liberorum educatione · Chrysis · De miseriis curialium · Pentalogus · Somnium de Fortuna
Life and work
Pope Pius II (Latin: Pius PP. II, Italian: Pio II), born Enea Silvio Bartolomeo Piccolomini (Latin: Aeneas Silvius Bartholomeus; 18 October 1405 – 14 August 1464), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 August 1458 to his death in 1464.
Aeneas Silvius was an author, diplomat, and orator, and private secretary of Antipope Felix V and then the Emperor Frederick III, and then Pope Eugenius IV. He participated in the Council of Basel, but left it in 1443 to follow Frederick, whom he reconciled to the Roman obedience. He became Bishop of Trieste in 1447, Bishop of Siena in 1450, and a cardinal in 1456.
He was a Renaissance humanist with an international reputation. Aeneas Silvius' longest and most enduring work is the story of his life, the Commentaries, which was the first autobiography of a pope to have been published. It appeared posthumously, in 1584, 120 years after his death.
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Collection
Books by Pope Pius II
1 book
