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Paul IV
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Papacy began
| 23 May 1555
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Papacy ended
| 18 August 1559
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Predecessor
| Pope Clement VII
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Successor
| Pope Julius III
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Birth name
| Giovanni Pietro Carafa
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Born
| 28 June 1476
Capriglia Irpina, Kingdom of Naples
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Died
| 18 August 1559
Rome, Papal States
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Other popes named Paul
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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]
Giovanni Pietro Carafa was born in
Capriglia Irpina
in a noble family of
Naples
.
[2]
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]
In 1536, Carafa was made
Cardinal
and
Archbishop
of
Naples
.
[3]
He reorganized the
Roman Inquisition
.
[2]
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]
He was buried in
St. Peter's Basilica
but was later transferred to
Santa Maria sopra Minerva
.
- ↑
"List of Popes,"
Catholic Encyclopedia
(2009); retrieved 2011-11-02.
- ↑
2.0
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6
Pope Paul IV,"
Catholic Encyclopedia;
retrieved 2011-10-29.
- ↑
"Paul IV,"
Encyclopedia Britannica
(1911), p. 956.
- ↑
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. (1833).
"Paul IV,"
Penny cyclopaedia,
Vols. 17-18, p. 323.
- ↑
Gallenga, Antonio Carlo Napoleone. (1841).
Italy: General Views of Its History and Literature in Reference to Its Present State,
Vol. II, p. 99.
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