Pius IV

American  

noun

1. Giovanni Angelo Medici, 1499–1565, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1559–65.

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Pius IV British  

noun

1. original name Giovanni Angelo de' Medici. 1499–1565, pope (1559–65). He reconvened the Council of Trent (1562), confirming its final decrees

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Example Sentences

Paul III, Paul IV, and the subsequent pope, Pius IV, all oversaw an ongoing series of meetings, the Council of Trent, that took place periodically between 1545 – 1563.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

He invents with such empathy that the closest thing to an unmitigated villain is Pius IV, the new Nero presiding over the conflagration lit by the Council of Trent.

From Washington Post • Apr. 1, 2016

Without patrons like the Medici, Pope Pius IV and the kings of France, we would not have Michelangelo, Leonardo or Versailles.

From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2010

At Rome the swashbuckling soldiers of Pope Pius IV were savagely attacked and soundly defeated by troops of King Vittorio Emanuele I. Momentous, this defeat was suffered in 1870.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the Palace of the Pope he painted certain rooms that look out upon the courtyard of S. Pietro, the ceilings and paintings of which were renovated a few years ago by Pope Pius IV.

From Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 04 (of 10), Filippino Lippi to Domenico Puligo by De Vere, Gaston du C.