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Pope Paul IV

Pope of catholic church 1555-1559

  • Fame60.9
  • Momentum0.0
  • Religious Figures rank#170
Source-basedFalling
  • Fame60.9
  • Momentum0.0
  • Religious Figures rank#170
  • Wikipedia13.5K
Lived 1476–1559, aged 83Italy
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  • Era
    1476–1559
    Aged 83
Summary
Updated 2026-06-08

A Counter-Reformation pontiff who built the Roman Ghetto, issued the first modern Index of banned books, and died so despised that his family buried him in haste to prevent a mob from desecrating the body.

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Born Gian Pietro Carafa in 1476, he served as papal nuncio in Spain, where he developed a lasting distrust of Spanish power. He resigned as bishop of Chieti in 1524 to co-found the Theatines with Saint Cajetan, then returned to Rome as Archbishop of Naples to reorganize the Inquisition against the spread of Protestantism. Elected pope in 1555 through Cardinal Alessandro Farnese's influence and against the wishes of Charles V, his four-year papacy was marked by fierce nationalism and resistance to Habsburg dominance. He issued Cum nimis absurdum, confining Rome's Jews to what became the Roman G…

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Pope Paul IV
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Jews can only engage themselves in the work of street-sweepers and rag-pickers, and cannot produce merchants or things necessary for human use.
— Bull Rom. Pont., VI, 499. See The Talmud Unmasked by J. B. Pranaitis, p. 93
Pope Paul IV
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People can't lick their toes without a tongue.
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Source confidence60.0
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