# Pope Sixtus V

> He cleaned up Rome with an iron fist, tore down ancient monuments to rebuild the eternal city in his image, and wasn't shy about excommunicating monarchs who got in his way.

*Pope of the Catholic Church from 1585 to 1590*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/pope-sixtus-v

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Country:** Italy
- **Born:** 1521-12-13
- **Died:** 1590-08-27
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born Felice Piergentile in December 1521, he joined the Franciscans as a young man and rose through talent — sharp as a scholar, compelling as a preacher. Pius V saw something in him and made him a cardinal; he was known then as Cardinal Montalto. When he became pope in April 1585, he moved fast: stamped out corruption and crime across Rome, then launched a massive rebuilding program that razed antiquities to make way for his vision of the city. The costs ran high — heavy taxes brought widespread suffering — and his foreign ambitions matched the scale. He excommunicated Henry IV of France and renewed the sentence against Elizabeth I of England, staking the Counter-Reformation's claim with uncompromising force. He died in August 1590, five years into a papacy that left Rome transformed and his name the last Sixtus the office has seen.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 65.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 15.1 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 24.6 / 100
- **Now attention:** 1.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #65

## Topics
#Religious Figures, #Religious Figure, #Religion, #Early Modern Era

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133350)
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- [Sixtus V.](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixtus_V.)
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- [Πάπας Σίξτος Ε΄](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%AC%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%82_%CE%A3%CE%AF%CE%BE%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%95%CE%84)
- [Siksto la 5-a](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siksto_la_5-a)
- [Sixto V](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixto_V)
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- [Sisto V.a](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisto_V.a)
- [پاپ سیکستوس پنجم](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%BE_%D8%B3%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%BE%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%85)
- [Sixtus V](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixtus_V)
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- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Pope_Sixtus_V)
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