Pope Pius V
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Pope Pius V (Latin: Pius V; 17 January 1504 – 1 May 1572), born Antonio Ghislieri and from 1518 called Michele Ghislieri, O.P., was an Italian priest of the Roman Catholic Church and the 226th Pope from 1566 to 1572.[1] He is a saint of the Catholic Church.[2]
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Early life
Antonio Ghislieri was born at Bosco in what is now the province of Alessandria, Piedmont), Italy. As a youth, he entered the Dominican Order,[3] and he took the name Michele.
Priest
Bishop
Pope Paul IV made him Bishop of Sutri.[4]
Cardinal
Paul IV raised Ghislieri to the rank of cardinal.[4]
Pope Pius IV (1559–65) made Cardinal Ghislieri the Bishop of Mondovi in Piedmont.[3] When Bishop Ghislieri became a cardinal, he did not replace his white Dominican habit with the red robes which most cardinals wore.[5]
Pope
Cardinal Ghislieri was elected pope on 7 January 1566;[6] and he chose to be called Pius V.
Pope Pius was involved in Italian and European political disputes.[3]
In the context of the Counter-Reformation, this pope supported the Inquisition in Italy.[7]
Pope Pius excommunicated Queen Elizabeth I of England.[3]
Pius V is credited as the first pope to wear white robes; and since his papacy, white clothing has become traditional.[8]
After his death
Pius V died on 1 May 1572. His tomb is located in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore; and the pope's body was placed in it in 1698.
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Saint
Pius V was beatified by Pope Clement X in the year 1672.[3]
Pope Clement XI made Pius a saint on 24 May 1712.[3]
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