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Pius II

noun
1.
Italian pope from 1458 to 1464 who is remembered for his unsuccessful attempt to lead a crusade against the Turks (1405-1464).  Synonyms: Aeneas Silvius, Enea Silvio Piccolomini.





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"Pius II" Quotes from Famous Books



... who was afterwards Pope by the name of Pius II., writes, in his History of Bohemia, that a woman predicted to a soldier of King Wratislaus, that the army of that prince would be cut in pieces by the Duke of Bohemia, and that, if this soldier wished to avoid death, he must kill the first ...
— The Phantom World - or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. • Augustin Calmet


Words linked to "Pius II" :   pope, Enea Silvio Piccolomini, Catholic Pope, Vicar of Christ, Roman Catholic Pope, Holy Father, pontiff, Aeneas Silvius, Bishop of Rome


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