Pope Paul IV
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Pope Paul IV (Latin: Paulus Quartus; 28 June 1476 – 18 August 1559), born Giovanni Pietro Carafa, was an Italian priest of the Roman Catholic Church and the 221st Pope from 23 May 1555 until his death.[1]
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Early life
Giovanni Pietro Carafa was born in Capriglia Irpina in a noble family of Naples.[2]
Bishop
Pope Leo X sent Carafa as ambassador to England and then as papal nuncio in Spain.[2]
In 1524, Pope Clement VII allowed Carafa to retire from diplomacy to head a monastery.[2]
Pope Paul III recalled him to Rome.[2]
Cardinal
In 1536, Carafa was made Cardinal and Archbishop of Naples.[3]
He reorganized the Roman Inquisition.[2]
Pope
Cardinal Carafa was elected popein 1555;[2] and he chose to be called Paul IV.
Pope Paul was involved in Italian and European political disputes.[2]
Pope Paul IV quarrelled with Philip II. of Spain, who sent the Duke of Alba with an army from Naples to invade the Papal States. At the gates of Rome, a peace was concluded in 1557.[4]
In the context of the Counter-Reformation, this pope supported the Inquisition in Italy.[5]
After his death
He was buried in St. Peter's Basilica but was later transferred to Santa Maria sopra Minerva.
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