Sixtus V

noun

1. Felice Peretti, 1521–90, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1585–90.

Sixtus V

noun

1. original name Felice Peretti. 1520–90, Italian ecclesiastic; pope (1585–90). He is noted for vigorous administrative reforms that contributed to the Counter-Reformation

Example Sentences

The monks received written permission from Pope Sixtus V for holding a year-end Mass as part of the celebration of the birth of Christ.

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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.

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The reveal of the staircase is the coda of a 20-year project to restore the 16th-century sanctuary, which was designed to house the steps by the architect Domenico Fontana, who transformed Rome under Pope Sixtus V.

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In 1588 Pope Sixtus V attached the penalty of excommunication to abortion in his “Papal Bull,” an official letter from the pope.

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In a last-ditch effort to save the press, Aldus the Younger accepted a commission from Pope Sixtus V for a new Latin Bible, only to produce a rush job so riddled with errors — about 4,900, Mr. Fletcher noted grimly — that it was suppressed.

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