Pius V

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1. Saint Michele Ghislieri, 1504–72, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1566–72.

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Pius V British  

noun

1. Saint. original name Michele Ghislieri. 1504–72, Italian ecclesiastic; pope (1566–72). He attempted to enforce the reforms decreed by the Council of Trent, excommunicated Elizabeth I of England (1570), and organized the alliance that defeated the Turks at Lepanto (1571). Feast day: 30 April

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The online Catholic magazine Crux noted that five popes — Pius V, Sixtus V, Clement XIII, Paul V and Clement IX — are interred in that basilica.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 14, 2023

Pope Pius V, who reigned from 1566 to 1572, according to some sources urged pilgrims to gather dirt from the floor of the Colosseum because it was soaked with the blood of early Christian martyrs.

From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2022

He and his wife had two girls and joined the St. Pius V Church on Orangethorpe Avenue and started a choir.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2018

But her reforms suffered a near-fatal blow when Pope Pius V excommunicated Elizabeth and all who supported her, deepening the existing schism throughout most of Europe.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2017

What contributed no doubt to increase the trials of the English and Irish Catholics was the embarrassing excommunication pronounced by Pope Pius V against Queen Elizabeth.

From Breaking with the Past Catholic Principles Abandoned at the Reformation by Farley, John Cardinal