Pius II was born on October 18, 1405[1], in Pienza[2]. He died on August 14, 1464[3], in Ancona[4]. He worked as a Catholic priest[5], diplomat[6], writer[7], university teacher[8], and poet[9]. He ranks in the top 0.7% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,324 views/month, #7,006 of 1,000,298).[10]
Position held: Pope[18], Roman Catholic Bishop of Siena[19], cardinal[20], apostolic administrator[21], Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals[22], Roman Catholic Bishop of Trieste[23], Q132673392[24], Roman Catholic bishop of Warmia[25]
Notable work: Letters[28], Historia Austrialis[29], Germania[30], De liberorum educatione[31], Chrysis[32], De miseriis curialium[33], Pentalogus[34], Somnium de Fortuna[35], Libellus de ortu et autoritate Imperii romani[36], The Tale of Two Lovers[37], De naturis equorum[38]
Pius II has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] He is known by 100 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]
Works attributed to him include The Tale of Two Lovers[53], a literary work[54], founded in 1444[55].
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