Pope Pius V

Pius V
Pius V
Papacy began	7 January 1566
Papacy ended	1 May 1572
Predecessor	Pope Pius IV
Successor	Pope Gregory XIII
Personal details
Born	Antonio Ghislieri; 17 January 1504
Died	1 May 1572 (aged 68)
	Other popes named Pius

Pope Pius V (Latin: Pius V; 17 January 1504 – 1 May 1572), born Antonio Ghislieri and from 1518 called Michele Ghislieri, O.P., was an Italian priest of the Roman Catholic Church and the 226th Pope from 1566 to 1572. He is a saint of the Catholic Church.

Early life

Antonio Ghislieri was born at Bosco in what is now the province of Alessandria, Piedmont), Italy. As a youth, he entered the Dominican Order, and he took the name Michele.

Priest

Ghislieri was ordained as a priest in 1528.

Bishop

Pope Paul IV made him Bishop of Sutri.

Cardinal

Paul IV raised Ghislieri to the rank of cardinal.

Pope Pius IV (1559–65) made Cardinal Ghislieri the Bishop of Mondovi in Piedmont. When Bishop Ghislieri became a cardinal, he did not replace his white Dominican habit with the red robes which most cardinals wore.

Pope

Cardinal Ghislieri was elected pope on 7 January 1566; and he chose to be called Pius V.

Pope Pius was involved in Italian and European political disputes.

In the context of the Counter-Reformation, this pope supported the Inquisition in Italy.

Pope Pius excommunicated Queen Elizabeth I of England.

Pius V is credited as the first pope to wear white robes; and since his papacy, white clothing has become traditional.

After his death

Pius V died on 1 May 1572. His tomb is located in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore; and the pope's body was placed in it in 1698.

Saint

Pius V was beatified by Pope Clement X in the year 1672.

Pope Clement XI made Pius a saint on 24 May 1712.

Related pages

List of popes

References

↑ "List of Popes," Catholic Encyclopedia (2009); retrieved 2011-11-02.
↑ Durant, Will and Ariel Durant. (1961). Age of Reason Begins, Vol. 7, pp. 238-239.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Pope St. Pius V," Catholic Encyclopedia; retrieved 2011-10-31.
1 2 Chisholm, Hugh (1911). Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information. University Press. pp. 684–685.
↑ Feldman, David (2009). Do Elephants Jump?. Harper Collins. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-06-184343-3.
↑ Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. C. Knight. 1840. pp. 198–199.
↑ Antonio Carlo Napoleone Gallenga (1841). Italy: General Views of Its History and Literature in Reference to Its Present State. Saunders and Otley. p. 99.
↑ Rev. John Trigilio, Jr. (2011). Catholicism For Dummies. John Wiley & Sons. p. 48. ISBN 978-1-118-05378-2.

Other websites

Media related to Pius V at Wikimedia Commons

"Pope Pius V" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913.
Catholic Hierarchy, Pope Pius V
Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church Archived 2011-10-30 at the Wayback Machine, Cardinal Ghislieri Archived 2015-01-27 at the Wayback Machine

Preceded by Pius IV	Pope 1566–1572	Succeeded by Gregory XIII

[1] "List of Popes," Catholic Encyclopedia (2009); retrieved 2011-11-02.

[2] Durant, Will and Ariel Durant. (1961). Age of Reason Begins, Vol. 7, pp. 238-239.

[catholic-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Pope St. Pius V," Catholic Encyclopedia; retrieved 2011-10-31.

[brittanica-4] 1 2 Chisholm, Hugh (1911). Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information. University Press. pp. 684–685.

[feldman-5] Feldman, David (2009). Do Elephants Jump?. Harper Collins. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-06-184343-3.

[6] Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. C. Knight. 1840. pp. 198–199.

[7] Antonio Carlo Napoleone Gallenga (1841). Italy: General Views of Its History and Literature in Reference to Its Present State. Saunders and Otley. p. 99.

[8] Rev. John Trigilio, Jr. (2011). Catholicism For Dummies. John Wiley & Sons. p. 48. ISBN 978-1-118-05378-2.