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Pius IV

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Also known as Pope Pius IV, Gian Angelo de' Medici, Giovanni Angelo de' Medici

pope of the Catholic Church from 1559 to 1565

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Pius IV was the leader of the Catholic Church from 1559 to 1565. His papacy is historically significant because it occurred during the Protestant Reformation, a period of major religious upheaval in Europe.

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Born
1499
Died
1565
Works
15

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  • Discorso notabile à favore di N.S Pio IIII per la general unione dei Potentati di Christianita per la Sanctiss.ma Cruciata contra il Turco
  • Bulla S.D.N. PP. Pii Quarti super facultate concessa pr[a]esidentibus sacri montis pietatis ciuitatis Bononiæ
  • Apologia indictionis Concilij Tridentini
  • Stattliche Aussfürung der Ursachen
  • Adversus synodi Tridentinae restitutionem seu continuationem, à Pio IIII Pontifice indictam opposita gravamina

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Portrait of Pope Pius IV, three-quarter-length, seated at a draped table (Circle of Scipione Pulzone).jpg
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date of birth
1499-03-31
date of death
1565-12-09
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Giovanni Angelo Medici
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Pius PP. IV
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Pope Pius IV (Italian: Pio IV; 31 March 1499 – 9 December 1565), born Giovanni Angelo Medici, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 25 December 1559 to his death, in December 1565.

Born in Milan, his family considered itself a branch of the House of Medici and used the same coat of arms. Although modern historians have found no proof of this connection, the Medici of Florence recognised the claims of the Medici of Milan in the early 16th century.

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