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Also known as: Michael
Ghisleri
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Impoverished Italian nobility. Received an excellent education in piety
and holiness, including a scholastic education from a Dominican friar; by
the time he was 15, he joined the order. Ordained in 1528. Appointed
teacher of philosophy and divinity in Genoa. Traveled for 16 years to
various Dominican houses and encouraged a stricter following of the
Order's Rule. In 1555, Michael was ordained Bishop of Nepi and Sutri
against his will; in 1557 he was elevated to the College of Cardinals. As
bishop, Michael worked to lead his flock with words and examples, and
served as a continual messenger encouraging personal piety and devotion to
God,
Upon his ascension to the papacy, Pius V immediately faced the task of
enacting the reforms of the Council of Trent. New seminaries were opened,
a new breviary, new missal, and new catechism were published; foundations
were established to spread the Faith and preserve the doctrine of the
Church. Pius spent much time personally working with the needy. Built
hospitals and used the papal treasury to care for the poor. Pius faced
many difficulties in the public forum, both in the implementation of the
Tridentine reforms and interaction with other heads of state. At the time
of his death he was working on an Christian, European alliance to break
the power of the Islamic states.
Born: 17 January 1504 at Bosco, Italy as Michael Ghisleri
Died: 1 May 1572, apparently of a renal disorder
Papal Ascension: 7
January 1566
Beatified: 1672 by Pope Clement X
Canonized: 1712 by Pope Clement XI
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