Pope of the Catholic Church from 1458 to 1464 (1405–1464)
He wrote the first papal autobiography ever published—a Renaissance humanist who'd served an antipope and an emperor before wearing the tiara himself.
Born Enea Silvio Bartolomeo Piccolomini on 18 October 1405, he made his name as an author, diplomat, and orator, serving as private secretary to Antipope Felix V, then Emperor Frederick III, then Pope Eugenius IV. He attended the Council of Basel but abandoned it in 1443 to follow Frederick, whom he brought back into Roman obedience. He rose steadily: Bishop of Trieste in 1447, Bishop of Siena in 1450, cardinal in 1456. On 19 August 1458 he became Pope Pius II, ruling the Catholic Church and the Papal States until his death on 14 August 1464. His longest work, the Commentaries, appeared in 158…
Sourced, dated quotes from Pope Pius II
Desirous that our venerable city be preserved in its dignity and splendor, we must attend to its care with the greatest vigilance.
You ask a thing ill-suited to my years, to yours both offensive and disgusting.
For what, in all the world, is more common than love? What state, what little town, what family lacks examples?
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