Pope Pius V
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Pope Pius V, OP, born Antonio Ghislieri, was head of the Catholic Church and leader of the Papal States from 7 January 1566 to his death, in May 1572.
Portrait by Bartolomeo Passarotti, 1566
Portrait of Pius V by Palma il Giovane
Portrait by Scipione Pulzone, c. 1572
The body of Pius V in his tomb in Santa Maria Maggiore
Battle of Lepanto
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The Battle of Lepanto was a naval engagement that took place on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of Catholic states arranged by Pope Pius V and led by the navies of the Span
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…states to combat the advancement of the Ottoman Empire in Eastern Europe. Although outnumbered, the Holy League famously defeated the Ottomans at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571. Pius V attributed the victory to the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary and instituted the feast of Our Lady of Victory. Biographers…
The Battle of Lepanto Laureys a Castro, 1683
Order of battle of the two fleets, with an allegory of the three powers of the Holy League in the foreground, fresco by Giorgio Vasari (1572, Sala Regia) The six Venetian galleasses are shown between the two ranks of opposing galleys.
Depiction of the Ottoman Navy, detail from the painting by Tommaso Dolabella (1632)
One of the Venetian Galleasses at Lepanto (1851 drawing, after a 1570s painting)