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pope of the Catholic Church from 1585 to 1590

Pope Sixtus V (December 13, 1521 – August 27, 1590), born Felice Piergentile, was the bishop of Rome from 24 April 1585 to his death. As a youth, he joined the Franciscan order, where he displayed talents as a scholar and preacher, and enjoyed the patronage of Pius V, who made him a cardinal. As a cardinal, he was known as Cardinal Montalto. As Pope, he energetically rooted out corruption and lawlessness across Rome, and launched a far-sighted rebuilding programme that continues to provoke controversy, as it involved the destruction of antiquities. The cost of these works was met by heavy taxation that caused much suffering. His foreign policy was regarded as over-ambitious, and he excommunicated both Queen Elizabeth I of England and King Henry IV of France. He is recognized as a significant figure of the Counter-Reformation.

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Native Name: Sixtus PP. V

Alternative Names: Pope Sixtus V • Felice Peretti di Montalto • Papa Sixto V • Sixtus V. Papst • pape Sixte V • Pope Sixte-Quint • papa Sisto V • Felice Peretti • Pope Sisto V

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Il fidarsi troppo alle speranze non è da savio, né il trascurarle: il prudente deve considerare i pericoli che per lo più si nascondono sotto la scorza della speranza.

I prudenti devono sempre far conto di morir presto, e perciò fare al più tosto quello che devono.

While I live, every criminal must die.

Nato di casa illustre.

She certainly is a great queen, and were she only a Catholic she would be our dearly beloved. Just look how well she governs; she is only a woman, only mistress of half an island, and yet she makes herself feared by Spain, by France, by the Empire, by all.

Translation: "born of an illustrious (or well-lighted) house", a reference to Sixtus' poor upbringing in a house so poorly thatched that the sun shone through holes in the roof; reported in Will and Ariel Durant, Age of Reason Begins: Volume 7 (1961), p. 240.

Il mondo si regolerebbe da se stesso, se ciascun uomo fosse capace di regolar sé medesimo.

What a valiant woman. She braves the two greatest kings by land and sea. If she were not a heretic she would be worth a whole world.

Non può dirsi felice uno, se non quando si contenta del proprio stato.

It is a pity that Elizabeth and I cannot marry each other. Our children would have gained mastery over the whole world.

Il far tutto il male che si può è uffizio del demonio; il non fare tutto il bene che si deve è azione da bestia.

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