biography
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Pius II
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originally Enea Silvio Piccolomini
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| lived:
| (1405–64)
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| biography:
| Pope, born in Corsignano, C Italy. He held a number of diplomatic posts and was secretary to Emperor Frederick III before becoming pope in 1458. He tried, unsuccessfully, to join Christian rulers in a league against the Turks. He restructured the town of Pienza, which was part of his family's domains, in a quest to create the ideal city. A patron of the arts and a writer, he published Commentarii (1463). |
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