Pius II
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Renaissance
- Categories: Government and Politics, Religion, Ethics, Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs
- Subcategories: Christianity, Christians, Churches, Catholic Church, Catholics, Popes, Papacy, Cardinals
- Curriculum: Italian History, Renaissance History
Article abstract: Through his elegant rhetoric and skilled diplomacy, Pius II reconciled differences among Christians to bring some peace to Western Christendom and tried vainly to mobilize a crusade to liberate Constantinople from the Turks.
Early Life
Enea Silvio Piccolomini—better known by the Latin version of his name, Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini—was born in the village of Corsignano (which changed its name to Pienza when its most famous son was elected to the Papacy), near Siena, of a noble but poor family. Piccolomini left home to begin his...
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