Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Pope Pius II

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Last updated on November 7, 2024.
Pope Pius II

Pope Pius II, born Enea Silvio Bartolomeo Piccolomini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 August 1458 to his death. He was born at Corsignano in the Sienese territory of a noble but impoverished family.

October 18, 1405 - August 14, 1464
Turn the anger of the Almighty against the godless Turks and Barbarians who despise Christ the Lord.....In the royal city of the east, they have slain the successor of Constantine and his people, desecrated the temples of the Lord, defiled the noble church of Justinian with their Mohometan abominations. Each success, will only be a stepping stone until he has mastered all the Western Monarchs, overthrow the Christian Faith, and imposed the law of his false prophet on the whole world
Lust sullies every age of man, but quite extinguishes old age. — © Pope Pius II
Lust sullies every age of man, but quite extinguishes old age.
Common men should esteem learning as silver, noble men prize it as gold, and princes as jewels.
It is not about the pasture of the sheep, but about their wool. [Lat., Non est de pastu ovium quaestio, sed de lana.]
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