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Aeneas Silvius

American  
[ih-nee-uhs sil-vee-uhs] / ɪˈni əs ˈsɪl vi əs /

noun

  1. Also Aeneas Sylvius. literary name of Pius II.

  2. Roman Legend. a king of Alba Longa.

Aeneas Silvius British  
/ ˈsɪlvɪəs /

noun

  1. the literary name of Pius II

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Brantôme in the sixteenth century, like Aeneas Silvius in the fifteenth, remarked the uncouthness of the northern kingdom.

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Your holiness is known for slighting Aeneas Silvius as other men never slighted him.

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