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Pope Paul II (Latin: Paulus II; Italian: Paolo II; 23 February 1417 – 26 July 1471), born Pietro Barbo, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 30 August 1464 to his death in 1471. When his maternal uncle Eugene IV became pope, Barbo switched from training to be a merchant to
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See morePietro Barbo was born in Venice, the son of Niccolo and Polixena Condulmer Barbo. His mother was the sister of Pope Eugenius IV (1431–1447). Through his father he was a member of the noble Barbo family.
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See moreBarbo was elected to succeed Pope Pius II by the accessus in the first ballot of the papal conclave of 30 August 1464 with a majority of fourteen of the nineteen cardinals present. He
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See morePope Paul rejected George of Poděbrady (King George of Bohemia) because he upheld the conventions of the Council of Basel in
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See moreA sore point was his abuse of the practice of creating cardinals in pectore, without publishing their names. Eager to raise new cardinals to increase the
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See moreAlthough Paul II was a committed opponent of humanist learning, he oversaw and approved the introduction of printing into the Papal States, first
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