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3 unusual facts about Pope Pius II


Adolph II of Nassau

In 1461 Pope Pius II declared Adolph the archbishop of Mainz following the confrontational reforms of Theodoric.

Diether von Isenburg

In 1461 he went to Nuremberg for Imperial and Papal reform, and its recommendations earned him the wrath of both the Emperor Frederick III and Pope Pius II.

Ulrich II, Count of Celje

Ulrich's high ambitions were criticized by Aeneas Sylvius (the later Pope Pius II), although his writings were politically minded.


Renaissance humanism in Northern Europe

Campanus, a witty poet of the papal court, who was sent as legate to the Diet of Regensburg by Pope Paul II, and afterwards was made a bishop by Pope Pius II, abused Germany for its dirt, cold climate, poverty, sour wine and miserable fare.

Tiburzio di Maso

In the tumultuous atmosphere of the revolt against Ferrante, the Aragonese King of Naples by the local lords who supported the claims of the House of Anjou, which broke out anew in 1460, Francesco Sforza had induced the Pope, Pius II to support Ferrante in the Neapolitan War of 1460-61.


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