Pope Marcellus II

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Catholic bishop human pope

Pope Marcellus II was a mid-16th-century pontiff whose extremely brief papacy in 1555 is remembered for his reputation for reform and personal integrity during the era of the Counter-Reformation.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic bishop → human → pope →
associatedWith	Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina →
birthDate	1501-05-06 →
birthName	Marcello Cervini degli Spannocchi →
birthPlace	Montepulciano → Republic of Siena NERFINISHED →
burialPlace	St. Peter's Basilica →
cardinalateStartDate	1539-12-19 →
countryOfCitizenship	Papal States NERFINISHED →
createdCardinalBy	Pope Paul III NERFINISHED →
deathDate	1555-05-01 →
deathPlace	Papal States NERFINISHED → Rome →
educatedAt	University of Rome → University of Siena →
electedPopeBy	Papal conclave of 1555 →
era	Counter-Reformation →
familyName	Cervini →
fieldOfWork	canon law → church administration →
givenName	Marcello →
hasWorkDedicatedTo	Missa Papae Marcelli →
honoredIn	Missa Papae Marcelli →
honorificPrefix	His Holiness →
knownFor	austere personal lifestyle → concern for curial and clerical reform → refusal to accept lavish papal coronation customs →
memberOf	College of Cardinals →
nativeLanguage	Italian →
notableFor	efforts toward church reform → personal integrity during the Counter-Reformation →
occupation	diplomat → theologian →
ordinalNumber	222nd pope →
papacyEndDate	1555-05-01 →
papacyStartDate	1555-04-09 →
parent	Ricciardo Cervini →
participatedIn	Council of Trent →
positionHeld	Bishop of Rome → Pope →
predecessor	Pope Julius III NERFINISHED →
reignDuration	22 days →
religion	Catholic Church →
roleInEvent	papal legate to the Council of Trent →
signature	Pope Marcellus II signature →
successor	Pope Paul IV NERFINISHED →
usedPapalName	Marcellus II →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Pope Julius III → Pope Julius III →	successor
Pope Paul IV →	predecessor