Pope Eugene IV
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Pope Eugene IV was head of the Catholic Church and leader of the Papal States from 11 March 1431 to his death in February 1447. Condulmer was a Venetian and a nephew of Pope Gregory XII. In 1431, he w
Fresco portrait by Domenico di Bartolo in Santa Maria della Scala, Siena, c. 1444
The tomb of Pope Eugene IV in San Salvatore in Lauro
Statue of Pope Eugene at the Florence Cathedral
Pope Nicholas V
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Pope Nicholas V, born Tommaso Parentucelli, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 6 March 1447 until his death in March 1455. Pope Eugene IV made him a cardinal in 1446 af
Pope Eugene IV
…Santa Maria della Scala, Siena, c. 1444 Church Catholic Church Papacy began 11 March 1431 Papacy ended 23 February 1447 Predecessor Martin V Successor Nicholas V Previous posts Bishop of Siena (1407–1408) Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente (1408–1426) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere (1426–1431) Orders…
Fresco in the Niccoline Chapel depicting Pope Sixtus II with the physical features of Pope Nicholas V, St Lawrence Distributing Alms, by Fra Angelico, c. 1447–1450
Papal bulla of Nicholas V
Posthumous portrait of Nicholas V, by Peter Paul Rubens, 1612