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Pope Pius II (Latin: Pius PP. II, Italian: Pio II), born Enea Silvio Bartolomeo Piccolomini (Latin: Aeneas Silvius Bartholomeus; 18 October 1405 – 14 August 1464), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 August 1458 to his death.
The 1458 papal conclave (August 16–19), convened after the death of Pope Callixtus III, elected as his successor Cardinal Enea Silvio Piccolomini who took the name Pius II. Death of Callixtus III [ edit ]
Mehmed II tried to mediate between the brothers, but the civil war resumed soon after. Bolstered by Italian reinforcements, Thomas gained the upper hand; Demetrios withdrew to Monemvasia and sent envoys to beg the Sultan for his assistance, while Pope Pius II tried to rally Western support for an anti-Ottoman crusade at the Council of Mantua ...
Pope Pius II. Veram semper et solidam is a papal bull issued by Pope Pius II in 1458.. Due to the increasing naval strength of the Ottoman Empire, Pius, in this bull, founded a new religious order of knights to protect the Christians in Greek waters.
The plot centers on the conclave of 1458, which took place five years after the fall of Constantinople to the Turks.The story material was sourced from a diary written by Silvius Aeneas Piccolomini, the only cardinal to ever record the secret proceedings of a papal conclave, and who was himself elected Pope Pius II in that Conclave.
Pope Pius II. Vocavit nos pius (13 October 1458) is a papal bull issued by Pope Pius II inviting all the European rulers to a Congress to prepare for a crusade against the Ottoman Empire. Pius declared that since the time of Constantine the Church had never been so trampled upon than she now was by the followers of the "false prophet Mahomet". [1]
1458 (October 13) Vocavit nos pius: Pius II: Invites the European powers to the Congress of Mantua. [116] 1458 Veram semper et solidam: Orders the creation of the Order of Our Lady of Bethlehem to protect Christians in Greek waters from the Ottomans. [117] 1460 (January 14) Ecclesiam Christi: Calls for a three-year crusade against the Ottoman ...
The Liber Pontificalis (Latin for 'pontifical book' or Book of the Popes) is a book of biographies of popes from Saint Peter until the 15th century. The original publication of the Liber Pontificalis stopped with Pope Adrian II (867–872) or Pope Stephen V (885–891), [1] but it was later supplemented in a different style until Pope Eugene IV (1431–1447) and then Pope Pius II (1458–1464 ...