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 | | This pope, who was a patron of learned men, and a zealous promoter of literature, not only restored this library to its former splendor, but enriched it also with adding to its contents a great number of books and excellent manuscripts. |
 | | This notion however is opposed by some, and not without an appearance of reason, who affirms, that Paul the fifth, pope at the time, possessed but a very small, and the worst part of the Palatine library, all the valuable books having been carried off by others, and principally by the duke of Bavaria. |
 | | Pope Pius V made him a Doctor of the Church, because of his influential teachings. |
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