Nicholas V

noun

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

Nicholas V

noun

1. Nicholas V13971455MItalianRELIGION: clergymanRELIGION: pope original name Tommaso Parentucelli. 1397–1455, Italian ecclesiastic; pope (1447–55). He helped to found the Vatican Library

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Nicholas V was not a man of the world, he was a scholar, full of the enthusiasm of his day.

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It was built as the private chapel of Nicholas V., and is the oldest decorated portion of the Vatican.

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Nicholas V. entered into the chapel, with a dignity tempered by an ineffable tenderness.

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Nicholas V. first permitted them to be read without restriction in the universities.

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Nicholas V, as we have seen, hoped to maintain the Papacy at the head of Christendom by means of the new intellectual forces.

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