Nicholas V
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Renaissance
- Categories: Arts, Religion, Ethics, Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs
- Subcategories: Christianity, Christians, Churches, Theology, Theologians, Patrons, Mentors, Catholic Church, Catholics, Popes, Papacy, Cardinals
- Curriculum: Italian History, Renaissance History
Article abstract: Nicholas V restored church unity by ending the schism between the Papacy and the conciliar party in Basel. He initiated serious efforts at church reform, helped bring peace to Italy, and sponsored architectural and literary projects in Rome.
Early Life
Tommaso Parentucelli, the future Pope Nicholas V, was born a physician’s son at Sarzana in the Republic of Genoa. Orphaned early, he was forced in his youth to withdraw from the University of Bologna to earn a living as a tutor in Florence. There he met Humanist scholars and artists who...
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