Pius III

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noun

1. Francesco Nanni Todeschini Piccolomini, 1439–1503, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1503.

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Example Sentences

After the death of the notorious Alexander VI in 1503, Cardinal Sforza succeeded in frustrating Borgia ambitions by having decrepit Cardinal Piccolomini elected Pius III.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was kept in the citadel of Bourges until 1502, when he was released at the request of the Cardinal d'Amboise to take his place in the conclave which elected Pius III.

From De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera by MacNutt, Francis Augustus

This man who, as Julius II, was presently to succeed Pius III, has been accounted a shining light of virtue amid the dark turpitude of the Church in the Renaissance.

From The Life of Cesare Borgia by Sabatini, Rafael

Instead of this followed the conclave in which Pius III was elected, and, after his speedy death, that which chose Julius II —both elections the fruits of a general reaction.

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

Pope Julius, who came into power after the twenty-six days' reign of Pius III, was a warlike man.

From Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation by Dau, W. H. T. (William Herman Theodore)