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Clergy


Clergy: Popes, Cardinals, Bishops and Priests



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Saint Catherine of Siena persuades Pope Gregory XI to leave his exile in Avignon and return to Rome. Oil on wood (1447-1449) 28.5 x 28.5 cm
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Saint Catherine of Siena persuades Pope Gregory XI to leave his exile in Av...

Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini, secretary to cardinal Capranica, arrives at Talamone on his way to the Council of Basle. Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini, humanist writer and diplo- mat to the Holy See, became Pope Pius II(1458-1464).
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Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini, secretary to cardinal Capranica, arrives at Ta...

Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini arrives at Talamone. Detail of 40-14-01/11: The harbour of Talamone. (1502) Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini became Pope Pius II in 1458.
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Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini arrives at Talamone. Detail of 40-14-01/11: T...

Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini at the court of James I of England. Fresco (1502) Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini became Pope Pius II in 1458.
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Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini at the court of James I of England....

Emperor Friedrich III crowning Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini Poeta Laureatus. Fresco (1502) Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini became Pope Pius II in 1458.
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Emperor Friedrich III crowning Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini Poet...

Emperor Friedrich III and Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini. Detail of 40-14-01/14, close-up. Fresco (1502) Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini became Pope Pius II in 1458.
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Emperor Friedrich III and Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini. Detail of 40-14-01/14, c...

Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini, then Bishop of Siena, presents Emperor Friedrich III to his bride, Eleanor of Portugal. Fresco (1502) Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini became Pope Pius II in 1458.
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Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini, then Bishop of Siena, presents Emperor...

Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini, then Bishop of Siena, presents Emperor Friedrich III to his bride, Eleanor of Portugal. Detail of 40-14-01/16 Fresco (1502) Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini became Pope Pius II in 1458.
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Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini, then Bishop of Siena, presents Emperor...

Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini, then Bishop of Siena, presents Emperor Friedrich III to his bride, Eleanor of Portugal. Detail of 40-14-01/16 Fresco (1502) Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini became Pope Pius II in 1458.
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Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini, then Bishop of Siena, presents Emperor...

Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini, Pope Pius II in the port of Ancona, Italy, where he died, while waiting for the crusaders to assemble. Fresco (1502)
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Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini, Pope Pius II in the port of Ancona, I...

Autodafe of Girolamo Savonarola, May 23, 1498 in front of Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Italy. Girolamo Savonarola, Dominican monk, ruled Florence from 1494 until his execution as a heretic in 1498.
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Autodafe of Girolamo Savonarola, May 23, 1498 in front of Palazzo Vecc...

Autodafe of Girolamo Savonarola, May 23, 1498, on the square in front of the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. Detail: the fire. Savonarola, Dominican monk, ruled Florence from 1494 until his execution in 1498.
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Autodafe of Girolamo Savonarola, May 23, 1498, on the square in front o...