Pius IV

noun

1. Giovanni Angelo Medici, 1499–1565, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1559–65.

Pius IV

noun

1. Pius IV14991565MItalianRELIGION: pope original name Giovanni Angelo de' Medici. 1499–1565, pope (1559–65). He reconvened the Council of Trent (1562), confirming its final decrees

Example Sentences

The symposiums are held in the Casina Pio IV, a building nestled in the Vatican Gardens that was built in 1561 as a summer residence for Pope Pius IV.

From Reuters

He invents with such empathy that the closest thing to an unmitigated villain is Pius IV, the new Nero presiding over the conflagration lit by the Council of Trent.

From Washington Post

He furnished plans for several Roman gates which Pius IV., who succeeded Paul IV., wished to rebuild, and made designs for various other buildings and public squares.

From Project Gutenberg

A little to the right was the Porta Nomentana, flanked by round towers, closed by Pius IV.

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On the right of the choir is the tomb of Cardinal Antonio Serbelloni; on the left that of Pius IV.,

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