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Pius V

16th‑century Italian pope and Catholic saint, leading Counter‑Reformation reformer

  • Dated 17 January 1504 CE – 1 May 1572 CE
  • Recognised as Saint
  • Also called Pope Saint Pius V, Pope Pius V, Saint Pius V

Overview

16th‑century Italian pope and Catholic saint, leading Counter‑Reformation reformerWikidata record description. Read Pope Pius V in the Wikipedia reader.

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Roles and affiliation

Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.

Belonged to

Offices held 4

  1. from 4 September 1556 CE Roman Catholic Bishop of Nepi and Sutri Has references
  2. from 27 March 1560 CE Roman Catholic Bishop of Mondovì Has references
  3. 17 January 1566 CE – 1 May 1572 CE Pope Number 225 in the sequence Succeeded Pius IV · Succeeded by Gregory XIII Has references
  4. External Ornaments of a Cardinal (not a bishop)
    Dates unrecorded cardinal priest

Connections

Family 1

  • married to: recorded as none
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