Nicholas V

American  

noun

1. Thomas Parentucelli, 1397?–1455, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1447–55.

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Nicholas V British  

noun

1. original name Tommaso Parentucelli. 1397–1455, Italian ecclesiastic; pope (1447–55). He helped to found the Vatican Library

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Nicholas V

Pope Nicholas V, founder of what would become the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, didn’t live to see the final product of his commission.

From The Guardian ● May 11, 2016

When Pope Nicholas V offered to make him Archbishop of Florence, Fra Angelico. who believed that there was "less trouble and error in obeying others," declined.

From Time Magazine Archive

The teaching of the Schoolmen made its way into Italy, but had p 254little vogue; and with the Church, through such Popes as Nicholas V, on the side of the Renaissance, resistance almost disappeared.

From The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London by Allen, P. S. (Percy Stafford)

It was for him and for Nicholas V that most of the translations from the Greek, and a number of the best commentaries and other such works, were written.

From The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy by Burckhardt, Jacob

The catalogue of the works to be copied was sent to Cosimo by Nicholas V, who wrote it with his own hand.

From The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy by Burckhardt, Jacob