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417.
PISA, first Council of, i.

92; the second, 95.
PIUS IV., Pope (Giov.

Angelo Medici): his parentage, i.

109; Caraffa's antipathy to him, 110; makes Cardinal Morone his counsellor, _ib._; negotiations with the autocrats of Europe, 111; his diplomatic character, 112; the Tridentine decrees, _ib._; keen insight into the political conditions of his time, 113; independent spirit, 115; treatment of his relatives, _ib._; his brother's death helped him to the Papacy, _ib._; the felicity of his life, 116; the religious condition of Northern Europe in his reign, 117; re-opening of the Council of Trent, 119; his management of the difficulties connected with the Council, 127 _sqq._; use of cajoleries and menaces, 129; success of the Pope's plans, 130; his Bull of ratification of the Tridentine decrees, 131; his last days, 132; estimate of the work of his reign, 133 _sqq._; his lack of generosity, 142; coldness in religious exercises, 144; love of ease and good companions, 147.
PIUS V., Pope (Michele Ghislieri): his election, i.

137; influence of Carlo Borromeo on him, 137, 145, 147; ascetic virtues, 145; zeal for the Holy Office, 145; edict for the expulsion of prostitutes from Rome, 146; his exercise of the Papal Supremacy, 148; his Tridentine Profession of Faith, _ib._; advocates rigid uniformity, 148; promotes attacks on Protestants, _ib._ PLAGUES: in Venice, i.


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