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Definition of Pius v
1. Noun. Italian pope from 1566 to 1572 who led the reformation of the Roman Catholic Church; he excommunicated Elizabeth I (1504-1572).
Generic synonyms: Bishop Of Rome, Catholic Pope, Holy Father, Pontiff, Pope, Roman Catholic Pope, Vicar Of Christ
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pius V
Literary usage of Pius v
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"B. Cardinal Alessandrino, sent from the Holy See to Paris, in 1572.—Some historians
have wondered whether Cardinal Alessandrino, sent by pius v to Charles ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"After her death he was ordained priest and somewhat later Grand Duke Cosimo of
Tuscany sent him as ambassador to pius v, a position which he held for ..."
3. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"Under pius v., however, the trial was reviewed, the stigma upon the two brothers
was removed, and the promoter of the trial was himself condemned to death. ..."
4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1896)
"Meanwhile Ridolfi delivered his commissions to pius v in conclave in May. ...
pius v conferred on him senatorial rank at Rome, and is said to have sent him ..."
5. History of the Popes: Their Church and State by Leopold von Ranke, E. Fowler (1901)
"pius v The partisans of a more rigid system in the Church had now secured a great
and almost unhoped-for advantage: a pope was elected whom they might ..."
6. The Reformation by George Park Fisher (1901)
"pius v. (1566-72) was a devoted representative of the rigid party, was zealous
on the one hand for the reformation of the Papal court, and on the other for ..."
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