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| | Pope Pius IV |
 | | Pius IV (Giovanni Angelo Medici), pope from 1559 to 1565, was born of humble parentage at Milan, March 31, 1499. |
 | | After studying at Bologna and acquiring reputation as a jurist, he went in 1527 to Rome, and as the favourite of Pope Paul III was rapidly promoted to the governorship of several towns, the archbishopric of Ragusa, the vice-legateship of Bologna, and in April 1549 to the cardinalate. |
 | | On the death of Paul IV he was elected pope on December 28, 1559, and installed on the 6th January 1560. |
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