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Pope Pius IV

1499 - 1565

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Pope Pius IV (Italian: Pio IV; 31 March 1499 – 9 December 1565), born Giovanni Angelo Medici, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 25 December 1559 to his death, in December 1565. Born in Milan, his family considered itself a branch of the House of Medici and used the same coat of arms. Although modern historians have found no proof of this connection, the Medici of Florence recognised the claims of the Medici of Milan in the early 16th century. Pope Paul III appointed Medici Archbishop of Ragusa, and sent him on diplomatic missions to the Holy Roman Empire and Hungary. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pope Pius IV is the 104th most popular religious figure (up from 153rd in 2019), the 116th most popular biography from Italy (up from 176th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope Pius IV was most famous for the Council of Trent, which was a council that reformed the Catholic Church in the 16th century.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Pius IV ranks 104 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Gregory I, Pope Sylvester I, Pope Innocent X, Thomas the Apostle, Pope Gregory XV, and Bartholomew the Apostle. After him are Pope Urban II, Pope Gregory XII, Girolamo Savonarola, Pope Paul V, Justin Martyr, and Pope Clement VIII.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1499, Pope Pius IV ranks 1. After him are Mary Boleyn, Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia, Diane de Poitiers, Claude of France, Giulio Romano, Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset, Bernardino de Sahagún, Peter of Alcantara, Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat, Claude Garamond, and Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo. Among people deceased in 1565, Pope Pius IV ranks 1. After him are Conrad Gessner, Dragut, Lodovico Ferrari, Queen Munjeong, Cipriano de Rore, William Farel, Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Ranuccio Farnese, Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł, Semiz Ali Pasha, and Lucia Anguissola.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Pius IV ranks 116 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Innocent X (1574), Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (1820), Pope Gregory XV (1554), Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1194), Sonia Gandhi (1946), and Federico Fellini (1920). After him are Pope Gregory XII (1335), Vitruvius (-75), Girolamo Savonarola (1452), Pope Paul V (1552), Pope Clement VIII (1536), and Pope Clement XI (1649).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Pius IV ranks 42. Before him are Benedict of Nursia (480), Pope Sixtus V (1520), Pope Gregory I (540), Pope Sylvester I (300), Pope Innocent X (1574), and Pope Gregory XV (1554). After him are Pope Gregory XII (1335), Girolamo Savonarola (1452), Pope Paul V (1552), Pope Clement VIII (1536), Pope Clement XI (1649), and Pope Clement XIII (1693).

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