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Pope Pius II, born Enea Silvio Bartolomeo Piccolomini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 August 1458 to his death in 1464.
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Born 18 October 1405 · Died 14 August 1464 · Q101437
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“My style of writing is unpolished and bald, but it is frank, and without trappings. I never write with labour, because I do not stretch after things which are too high for me, and which I do not know; but what I have learned I write.”
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Died 1464-08-14.
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Career landmark: Pope (1458–1464).
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Career landmark: Roman Catholic bishop of Warmia (1457).
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Career landmark: Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals (1457–1458).
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Career landmark: apostolic administrator (1457–1458).
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Career landmark: cardinal (1456–1458).
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Career landmark: Roman Catholic Bishop of Siena (1450–1458).
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Career landmark: Roman Catholic Bishop of Trieste (1447–1450).
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Born 1405-10-18.
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