RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Pius II

1405 - 1464

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Pope Pius II (Latin: Pius PP. II, Italian: Pio II), born Enea Silvio Bartolomeo Piccolomini (Latin: Aeneas Silvius Bartholomeus; 18 October 1405 – 14 August 1464), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 August 1458 to his death. Aeneas Silvius was an author, diplomat, and orator, and private secretary of Antipope Felix V and then the Emperor Frederick III, and then Pope Eugenius IV. He participated in the Council of Basel, but left it in 1443 to follow Frederick, whom he reconciled to the Roman obedience. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Pius II has received more than 697,930 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 74 in 2019). Pope Pius II is the 115th most popular religious figure (up from 130th in 2019), the 120th most popular biography from Italy (up from 147th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope Pius II is most famous for his work on the Council of Trent. He was also a poet and a humanist.

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  • 700k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 76.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 76

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Pius II ranks 115 out of 3,187. Before him are Huldrych Zwingli, Pope Urban VIII, Arius, Methuselah, Ahmed Yassin, and Agatha of Sicily. After him are Thérèse of Lisieux, Esther, Pope Adrian II, Elisha, Saint Sebastian, and John Bosco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1405, Pope Pius II ranks 2. Before him is Skanderbeg. After him are Gilles de Rais, John II of Castile, Thomas Malory, Ulugh Muhammad, Sophia of Halshany, Maria of Trebizond, and Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers. Among people deceased in 1464, Pope Pius II ranks 1. After him are Nicholas of Cusa, Rogier van der Weyden, Cosimo de' Medici, Emperor Yingzong of Ming, Frederick II, Elector of Saxony, Blanche II of Navarre, Zagan Pasha, Bernardo Rossellino, Catherine of Poděbrady, Desiderio da Settignano, and Bartolomeo Bon.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Pius II ranks 120 out of 5,161. Before him are Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (1820), Numa Pompilius (-753), Brutus the Younger (-85), Sulla (-138), Pope Urban VIII (1568), and Agatha of Sicily (235). After him are Gina Lollobrigida (1927), Guido of Arezzo (991), Terence Hill (1939), Pope Adrian II (792), John Bosco (1815), and Donato Bramante (1443).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Pius II ranks 30. Before him are Pope Gregory VII (1020), Pope Pius X (1835), Pope Paul III (1468), Pope Innocent III (1160), Pope Urban VIII (1568), and Agatha of Sicily (235). After him are Pope Adrian II (792), John Bosco (1815), Clare of Assisi (1193), Pope Gregory XVI (1765), Pope Urban VII (1521), and Pope Boniface VIII (1235).

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