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Also known as Pietro Barbo, Pope Paul II, pape Paul II, papa Paolo II, Paulus PP. II, Paulus II

pope of the Catholic Church from 1464 to 1471

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Pietro Barbo, also known as Paulus, was a Catholic priest and numismatist who served as Pope. Born in 1417 in the Republic of Venice, he held the positions of Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals, cardinal-nephew, and cardinal-deacon. He participated in the papal conclaves of 1447, 1455, 1458, and 1464. His work locations included Rome and the Papal States.

Barbo died in Rome on July 26, 1471, from a myocardial infarction. He was buried in the Vatican Grotto. His relative was Eugene IV, and his consecrator was Niccolò Fortiguerra. He is recognized in the Popes collection and has been described in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and The Nuttall Encyclopædia.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1920
Died
2005
Works
875

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Encyclopedic overview

Pope Paul II (Latin: Paulus II; Italian: Paolo II; 23 February 1417 – 26 July 1471), born Pietro Barbo, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 30 August 1464 to his death in 1471. When his maternal uncle became Pope Eugene IV, Barbo switched from training to be a merchant to religious studies. His rise in the Church was relatively rapid. Elected pope in 1464, Paul amassed a great collection of art and antiquities.

Early life

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