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Pius II

noun

  1. Enea Silvio de Piccolomini, 1405–64, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1458–64.


Pius II

/ ˈpaɪəs /

noun

  1. Pius II14051464MItalianPHILOSOPHY: humanistWRITING: poetHISTORY: historianRELIGION: pope pen name Aeneas Silvius, original name Enea Silvio de' Piccolomini. 1405–64, Italian ecclesiastic, humanist, poet, and historian; pope (1458–64)
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After the revival of letters and arts in the fifteenth century, the lamentations poured out in the time of Pius II.

The papal view of the permission to use the cup, as set forth by Pius II.

The papal throne has seldom been better filled than by Pius II.

"A little worm-wood can pollute a hive of honey," was one of the wise sayings of Pius II.

He carried with him an ample store of money, part of which he invested in a bull from Pius II.

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