Paul IV

noun

1. Gian Pietro Caraffa, 1476–1559, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1555–59.

Example Sentences

The subsidio was a grant from Paul IV to arm sixty galleys, a purpose which was speedily forgotten.

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Almost all that was good in the reformation wrought by his predecessor Paul IV.

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The first list of books prohibited by the church was set forth by Paul IV.

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Now harmony was restored in the family circle, and when the war with Paul IV.

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It is impossible to have a more striking proof of the violent and searching nature of the persecution under Paul IV.

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