Pope Pius II

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Renaissance figure diplomat humanist pope

Pope Pius II was a 15th-century Renaissance pope, humanist scholar, and former diplomat known for his literary works and efforts to organize a crusade against the Ottoman Empire.

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Label Occurrences
Pope Pius II canonical 10
Pius II 1
Pope Pius II (Enea Silvio Piccolomini) 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance figure ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
humanist ⓘ
pope ⓘ
aimOfCongressOfMantua organize a crusade against the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Enea Silvio Bartolomeo Piccolomini ⓘ
surface form: Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini

Pope Pius II ⓘ
surface form: Pius II
birthDate 1405-10-18 ⓘ
birthName Enea Silvio Bartolomeo Piccolomini ⓘ
birthPlace Corsignano ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Republic of Siena ⓘ
Tuscany ⓘ
citizenship Republic of Siena ⓘ
convoked Congress of Mantua (1459) ⓘ
deathDate 1464-08-14 ⓘ
deathPlace Ancona ⓘ
Papal States ⓘ
education University of Florence ⓘ
University of Siena ⓘ
electedPopeDate 1458-08-19 ⓘ
era Renaissance ⓘ
familyName Piccolomini ⓘ
knownFor autobiographical Commentaries ⓘ
diplomatic service to the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
efforts to organize a crusade against the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
humanist scholarship ⓘ
urban and architectural projects in his hometown ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Italian ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Piccolomini ⓘ
notableWork Commentaries ⓘ
De Europa ⓘ
De miseria curialium ⓘ
Historia de duobus amantibus ⓘ
opponent Ottoman Empire ⓘ
papacyEndDate 1464-08-14 ⓘ
papacyStartDate 1458-09-03 ⓘ
papalNumber 2 ⓘ
patronage Renaissance art theory ⓘ
surface form: Renaissance art

humanist scholars ⓘ
positionHeld Bishop of Siena ⓘ
Cardinal-priest of Santa Sabina ⓘ
Pope ⓘ
Secretary to Emperor Frederick III ⓘ
predecessor Pope Callixtus III ⓘ
profession canon lawyer ⓘ
orator ⓘ
writer ⓘ
reformed Corsignano renamed and rebuilt as Pienza ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church
successor Pope Paul II ⓘ
supported Catholic reform within the Church ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Catherine of Siena → canonizedBy → Pope Pius II ⓘ
Renaissance papacy → notablePope → Pope Pius II ⓘ
Pope Pius III → uncle → Pope Pius II ⓘ
Ferdinand I of Naples → ally → Pope Pius II ⓘ
Pope Callixtus III → successor → Pope Pius II ⓘ
Pope Pius II → alsoKnownAs → Pope Pius II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pius II
Pope Paul II → predecessor → Pope Pius II ⓘ
Basilica di Sant’Andrea della Valle → containsTombOf → Pope Pius II ⓘ
Rocca Pia → builtUnder → Pope Pius II ⓘ
Rocca Pia → namedAfter → Pope Pius II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pope Pius II (Enea Silvio Piccolomini)
Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini → createdCardinalBy → Pope Pius II ⓘ
Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini → uncle → Pope Pius II ⓘ