Pope Pius V in Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore - Rome, Italy
N 41° 53.827 E 012° 29.970
33T E 292574 N 4641376
Pope Saint Pius V born Antonio Ghislieri was Pope from 8 January 1566 to his death in 1572. He is venerated as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church.
Waymark Code: WMPR0H
Location: Lazio, Italy
Date Posted: 10/10/2015
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He is chiefly notable for his role in the Council of Trent, the Counter-Reformation, and the standardization of the Roman rite within the Latin Church.
As a cardinal, Ghislieri gained a reputation for putting orthodoxy before personalities, prosecuting eight French bishops for heresy. He also stood firm against nepotism, rebuking his predecessor Pope Pius IV to his face when he wanted to make a 13-year-old member of his family a cardinal and subsidize a nephew from the papal treasury.
By means of his papal bull of 1570, Regnans in Excelsis, Pius V excommunicated Elizabeth I of England for heresy and persecution of English Catholics during her reign. He also arranged the formation of the Holy League, an alliance of Catholic states. Although outnumbered, the Holy League famously defeated the Ottoman Empire, which had threatened to overrun Europe, at the Battle of Lepanto.
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Date of birth: 01/17/1504
Date of death: 05/01/1572
Area of notoriety: Religion
Marker Type: Monument
Setting: Indoor
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: 7:00 am – 7:00 pm
Fee required?: No
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