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In late spring of 1452 Byzantine Emperor Constantine XI wrote to Pope Nicholas for help against the impending siege by Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II. Nicholas issued the bull Dum Diversas (18 June 1452) authorizing King Afonso V of Portugal to "attack, conquer, and subjugate Saracens , pagans and other enemies of Christ wherever they may be found".
Pope Nicholas V. Dum Diversas (English: While different) is a papal bull issued on 18 June 1452 by Pope Nicholas V.It authorized King Afonso V of Portugal to fight, subjugate, and conquer "those rising against the Catholic faith and struggling to extinguish Christian Religion"—namely, the "Saracens and pagans" in a militarily disputed African territory.
In 1514 Leo X repeated all the grants of Nicholas V. [77] [154] Pope Paul III in 1535 sentenced King Henry VIII to capture and enslavement. [99] In May 1537 Paul III followed the lead given by the Spanish crown and banned under pain of excommunication the enslavement of Indians whom he declared to be human beings.
Romanus Pontifex (from Latin: "The Roman Pontiff") is the title of at least three papal bulls: . One issued in 1436 by Pope Eugenius IV; [1]; A second issued on September 21, 1451, by Pope Nicholas V, relieving the dukes of Austria from any potential ecclesiastical censure for permitting Jews to dwell there; [2]
To assist the defiance of Cyprus against a Turkish invasion, Pope Nicholas V granted all income from the sale of the Indulgences to John II, King of Cyprus. The order was issued on 12 April 1451. On 6 January 1452, John II appointed as his commissary Paulinus Zappe or Chappe, a Cypriot nobleman and the Proctor-General of the king. [4]
Nicholas V NICOLAVS Quintus: Pietro Rainalducci, O.F.M. 1260 Corvaro, Papal States: 68 / 70 (†73) Subject and later the claimant of the throne of the Papal States. In opposition to John XXII. 197: 20 December 1334 – 25 April 1342 (7 years, 126 days) Benedict XII BENEDICTVS Duodecimus: Jacques Fournier, O.Cist. c. 1280–85 Saverdun, County ...
Pope Nicholas V (1397-1455).. Pope Nicholas V (r. 1447–1455) created eight new cardinals in three consistories, including the former Antipope Felix V (1439–1449).He also confirmed the three promotions made by this antipope, and restored two cardinals who were created by the legitimate popes but then deposed for having supported the schism of the Council of Basle and Antipope Felix V.
Solemnly proclaimed on the 2 March 1455 with the accession of Pope Nicholas V (1447–1455), King Alfonso, and other small states to the League (excluding Malatestine Rimini, at Alfonso's insistence), [3] it established a mutual defense agreement and a 25-year truce between the Italian powers, forbidding separate alliances and treaties while ...