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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Pius II
		appeals from the decisions of the pope to an oecumenical council (18 Jan., 1460).
		Likewise the refusal of the Archbishop of Mainz, Diether of Isenburg to abide by the pope's decree of
		As a last resort, Pius II endeavoured to stir up the enthusiasm of the apathetic Christian princes by placing himself at the head of the crusaders.
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	Pope Pius II information - Search.com
		Pius II was also engaged in a series of disputes with the Bohemian King and the count of Tyrol, and the crusade for which the congress of Mantua had been convoked made no progress.
		Pius II was unaware nearing his end, and his malady probably prompted the feverish impatience with which on June 18, 1464, he assumed the cross and departed for Ancona to conduct the crusade in person.
		Pius II was greatly admired as a poet by his contemporaries, but his reputation in belles lettres rests principally upon his Eurialus and Lucretia, which continues to be read to this day, partly from its truth to nature, and partly from the singularity of an erotic novel being written by a Pope.
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	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Pope Pius II (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Pius II (Enea Silvio Piccolomini, commonly known in literature by his Latin name Aeneas Sylvius), pope from 1458 to 1464, "whose character reflects almost every tendency of the age in which he lived", was born at Corsignano[?] in the Sienese territory, October 18 1405, of a noble but decayed family.
		Pius was also engaged in a series of disputes with the Bohemian king and the count of Tyrol, and the crusade for which the congress of Mantua had been convoked made no progress.
		Pius was unawares nearing his end, and his malady probably prompted the feverish impatience with which on June 18, 1464, he assumed the cross and departed for Ancona to conduct the crusade in person.
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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Pope Pius II
		Pius II was also engaged in a series of disputes with the Bohemian King George Podiebrady and the count of Tyrol, and he was engaged in a prolongued conflict with Sigismondo Malatesta of Rimini.
		Pius II was unaware he was nearing his end, and his malady probably prompted the feverish impatience with which on June 18, 1464, he assumed the cross and departed for Ancona to conduct the crusade in person.
		Pius II was greatly admired as a poet by his contemporaries, but his reputation in belles lettres rests principally upon his Eurialus and Lucretia, which continues to be read to this day, partly from its truth to nature, and partly from the singularity of an erotic novel being written by a Pope.
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	Pope Pius II
		Pius II, given name Enea Silvio de Piccolomini, known in literature as Aeneas Silvius, Roman Catholic Pope from 1458 to 1464, was born on the 18th of October 1405, at Corsignano (afterward called Pienza after him), near Siena.
		The French were angry because Pius had crowned the Spanish claimant, Ferdinand, King of Naples, and thus disposed of the pretensions of René of Anjou.
		When Pius refused to do anything to the prejudice of Ferdinand, Louis changed his attitude, and allowed the protests of the University of Paris and the parlements to persuade him to restore the ancient liberties of the Gallican Church.
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	Pope Pius II :: Short life of Enea Silvio de' Piccolomini
		Pope Pius II was born at Corsignano, near Siena on 18 Oct., 1405; elected Pope 19 Aug., 1458; died in Ancona, 14 Aug., 1464.
		This was further demonstrated by the fact that Pius, on the eve of his departure from Mantua, issued the Bull "Execrabilis", in which he condemned all appeals from the decisions of the Pope to an oecumenical council (18 Jan., 1460).
		Pius II, instead of acceding to the latter request, withdrew the misused concessions made by Basle.
	www.pienza.com /pio_istoria_eng.htm (1947 words)

	DEPOSIT OF FAITH CHURCH DOCUMENTS: (deposit1.htm)
		This has been argued, but in fact Vatican II was pastoral only and any new doctrine that might have been adopted could not be because of what was handed down prior to it.
		Pope Pius IX called the First Vatican Council, but it was suspended when Italy took over Rome.
		Pope Benedict XV followed, then Pope Pius IX and Pope Pius XII as the entire horizon darkened through the decades.
	www.dailycatholic.org /history/deposit1.htm (1077 words)

	The Vatican'
		The Pope pigeon-holes a Bishop's memorandum, promotes a phony religious campaign - Stepinac is arrested and imprisoned - The World Press whitewash the Ustashi horror - The Ustashi Army are resurrected abroad - Pavelic forms a new Ustashi Government.
		The Vatican and the USA as the defenders of the Fascist criminals of World War II The Vatican and the USA as the protectors of the Croatian war criminals - The Vatican becomes their refuge - Falsifications of passports - Fake identities "made in Rome." - Secret Vatican-USA instructions to "validate" them.
		The Pope saves a top war criminal from execution - The Nuns of Rome who were Croatian Ustashis - Monasteries and Nunneries invaded - The Catholic American grand conspiracy - The man who escaped from Yugoslavia with the first documentation of the Croatian atrocities.
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	Execrabilis of Pope Pius II
		Pius II allegedly uses words which are anathema to the "traditionalist's" guru, Fr.
		A solemn definition by the pope alone as well as a definition of a lawfully convened ecumenical council confirmed by the pope are protected by the Holy Spirit and, therefore, infallible.
		The secondary charge is that, by its defiance of the rightful authority of the pope and the bishops in communion with him, the Society has challenged the doctrine of papal primacy and the rightful authority of the bishops as lawful shepherds of their particular churches.
	jloughnan.tripod.com /execrab.htm (5175 words)

	FAQ
		The doctrine of Vatican II, confirmed by the 1983 Code of Canon Law, which states that the subject (the possessor) of the supreme authority of the Church is the college of bishops together with the pope, is contrary to the defined doctrine of the Council of Florence and of Vatican I.
		The Pope is assisted by the Holy Ghost in the promulgation of dogma and morals, and in the enactment of liturgical laws and pastoral disciplines.
		So privately to conclude that John Paul II is a heretic, indeed an apostate from the Faith, is not to "judge" the pope in the sense that it is meant by canonists and theologians.
	www.catholicrestoration.org /faq.htm (4655 words)

	AN ABRIDGED HISTORY OF ROME - PART III - I - ROME'S EARLY RENAISSANCE
		Pope Pius II erected a statue to St Andrew near Ponte Milvio; he devoted a lot of resources to celebrate himself by renaming Pienza, the village near Siena where he was born and by building there churches and palaces.
		Pope Paul II did not live in the papal palaces in the Vatican or in the Lateran, but remained in the large palace he started to build in 1455 next to Basilica di S. Marco, the church of the Venetian community in Rome, which he entirely renovated.
		Pope Pius II at Ancona fresco by Pinturicchio (1454-1513) Libreria Piccolomini - Siena.
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	Popes of the Past
		Pope Pius IX was born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti in Sinigaglia, Italy on May 13, 1792.
		Pope Leo told Catholic historians that the whole truth must be found in their work, encouraged Bible study, set up the permanent Biblical Commission and sponsored the Catholic University in Washington D.C. As the 257th pope, Pope Leo XIII led the Catholic Church for a total of 25 years.
		Pope Paul VI was the 263rd pope to head the Catholic Church.
	www.lagazzettaitaliana.com /pastpopes.asp (1021 words)

	Pius, II Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Pius II was born Enea Silvio de' Piccolomini (often in Latin, Aeneas Sylvius) at Corsigniano, Italy.
		Pope Nicholas V made him bishop of Trieste in 1447 and of Siena in 1449, and he became a cardinal in 1456.
		Pius II became ill and died at Ancona on Aug. 15, 1464.
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	Pius II
		Pope (1458—64), an Italian named Enea Silvio de’ Piccolomini (often in Latin, Aeneas Silvius), renamed Pienza after him, b.
		As pope, Pius issued (1460) a bull condemning as heretical the conciliar theory (the doctrine that ultimate authority in the church rested in the general council rather than the pope).
		Pius did not patronize art or literature, despite his own literary interests and considerable literary talents.
	www.orbilat.com /Encyclopaedia/P/Pius_II.html (257 words)

	Pius XII & the Holocaust by Robert Lockwood
		Pius understood the Vichy government’s status in relation to the Nazis and was in opposition virtually from its inception.
		Pius XII resisted any perception of the violation of the Holy See’s neutrality in the conflict, though German leadership had decided long ago that the pope was an undeclared enemy.
		On June 12, 1944, Pope Pius XII addressed an open telegram to Admiral Horthy, regent of Hungary, requesting an end to the deportations and the sufferings "endured by a large number of unfortunate people due to their nationality or race." Horthy discontinued the deportations and it estimated that 170,000 Hungarian Jews were saved.
	www.catholicleague.org /pius/piusxiibobprint.html (10461 words)

	Piccolomini Library, Siena, and other frescoes; Aeneas Piccolomini (Pope Pius II)
		Popes of the era very often promoted their nephews in the church hierarchy; the word "nepotism" comes from the Italian nipote, "nephew." (In some cases these nephews were actually the popes' sons, though I do not know if that was the case for Pius II and III.
		Pius II (Aeneas Piccolomini) had been a poet, a diplomat, a secretary to two future popes and an emperor, and had traveled widely before he took holy orders.
		Pius played a major part in the feud, hiring Montefeltro as the head of his mercenary army, while proclaiming Malatesta the first man in history to be canonized in Hell while was still alive, and having him burned in effigy in three different Roman piazzas simultaneously.
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	Pius II - Encyclopedia.com
		He was an opponent of Pope Eugene IV and in 1439 became secretary to Antipope Felix V (Amadeus VIII of Savoy).
		As pope, Pius issued (1460) a bull condemning as heretical the conciliar theory (the doctrine that ultimate authority in the church rested in the general council rather than the pope).
		The population problem: the Pope undermines the case against population control by accepting leftist economic assumptions.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Pius2.html (750 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Pope Pius II
		Pius worked throughout his papacy for Crusade against the Turks, to push them out of Europe, but he could not obtain any commitment from European powers, and it came to nothing.
		Pius mediate reconciliation between the emperor and the king of Hungary.
		Toward the end of his life, Pius felt compelled to personally lead the Crusade against the Turks, and he marched to the staging area of Ancona.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/pope0210.htm (633 words)

	A Pope and a Humanist - Pius II
		In 1447, at the suggestion of the pope, he embraced a new career and became a priest and shortly afterwards was appointed bishop of Trieste, while continuing to act as a diplomat.
		Pius II did not lack self-esteem: Emperor Augustus had left a list of his main accomplishments (see his temple in Ankara) and the pope did the same by writing an account of his achievements.
		Pius II himself funded the construction in 1462 of this elegant loggia, maybe having in mind that of Piazza della Signoria in Florence: the coats of arms of the pope do not show the keys of St. Peter, which will consistently become part of the papal heraldic symbol only at a later period.
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	Papal Ring of Pius II (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Papal Ring of Pius II Papal Ring of Pius II A large brass ring shaped as the arms of Pope Pius II, when he wore it, and where it was found
		On the hoop of the ring are chased the arms of Pope Pius the Second, of the family of Picolomini, the papal tiara, and this inscription, Papa Pio.
		Pope Pius the Second is better known by his literary name of Aeneas Sylvius.
	www.jjkent.com /articles/papal-ring-pius.htm (290 words)

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		He was succeeded by Pope Paul II (1464–71).
		Pius II, indeed, regarded as a man and not merely as a historical personage, is the most interesting of all the successors of St. Peter.
		The leading trait of Pius II's character was his extreme impressionableness.
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	Amazon.ca: Commentaries, Volume 1 : Books I-II: Books: Pius II,Margaret Meserve,Marcello Simonetta (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Renaissance popes were among the most enlightened and generous patrons of arts and letters in the Europe of their day.
		Pius II (1405-1464) began life as Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini in a small town near Siena, and became a famous Latin poet and diplomat.
		Finally he was elected Pope Pius II (1458) and dedicated his pontificate to organizing a pan-European crusade against the Ottoman Empire.
	www.amazon.ca /Commentaries-1-Books-Pius-II/dp/0674011643 (367 words)

	The Catholic Church - God's One and Only Church
		These will be marked with a yellow oval saying “Pre Pius XIII Document.” Documents which do reference the “vacancy” will be clearly date-stamped and marked as written prior to the restoration of the papacy, because their content and explanations are invaluable in understanding the background of the papal situation.
		Since 1958 (after the death of Pope Pius XII on October 9, 1958), the holders of offices there, have usurped the name of the Catholic Church from which they of their own free will departed.
		Because those leaders, all the Fathers of the bogus Council Vatican II plus their leaders (John XXIII, Paul VI, John Paul I, John Paul II, and now Benedict XVI) kept not only the name Catholic Church, but they also kept their position in the community that continues to call itself the Catholic Church.
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	The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Papal elections - XV Century
		In 1458, the official candidate of the Milanese was Domenico Capranica, and in the preconclave negotiations it appeared almost certain that he would be elected.
		An attempt was made by the partisans of d'Estouteville to restrain him forcibly but he called out, "I also vote for the Cardinal of Siena, and I make him pope." The others then hastened to change their votes, and within a few minutes Bessarion was beginning a congratulatory address to the unanimously elected Pius II.
		Pastor, Ludwig von, The History of the Popes from the close of the Middle Ages.
	www.fiu.edu /~mirandas/election-piusii.htm (1040 words)

	Catholic Encyclopedia: Pope Pius II (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Between Pius II and Duke Sigismund of Tyrol, however, an acute conflict developed concerning the Bishopric of Brixen.
		Likewise the refusal of the Archbishop of Mainz, Diether of Isenburg to abide by the pope's decree of deposition led to civil strife.
		When in 1462 his long-promised embassy appeared in Rome, its purpose was not only to do homage to the pope, but also to obtain the confirmation of that agreement.
	www.catholic-forum.com /SAINTS/ce006612.htm (1978 words)

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