Pope Pius II
1405 CE–1464 CE · Corsignano (Pienza)
Born Enea Silvio Piccolomini in Corsignano—later rebuilt as the model Renaissance town of Pienza and renamed for him—Pius II was the most accomplished humanist to wear the tiara. Before ordination he was a celebrated poet, diplomat, and author, even of secular and erotic works, whose autobiography, the Commentaries, is uniquely candid for a pope. As pontiff he repudiated his earlier conciliarist views in the bull Execrabilis, asserting papal supremacy over councils. He devoted his reign chiefly to organizing a crusade against the Ottomans following Constantinople's fall; he died at Ancona awaiting a fleet that never sailed, the expedition collapsing with him.
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Corsignano (Pienza)Italy
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