GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-004596
Name(Felice Peretti) Sixtus V
TitlePope
Gendermale
DenominationCatholic
Livedb. 1520-12-13 - d. 1590-08-27 (new)
Linked Manuscripts
Linked SermonsDie Sancti Stephani -- auditor (autograph: no)Die Sancti Stephani -- auditor (autograph: no)Die Sancti Stephani -- auditor (autograph: no)Die S. Stephani -- auditor (autograph: no)
Linked Reports
Associated PlacesRome -- Post
Source of DataLucy Underwood
Biographical Sources ConsultedJ.N.D. Kelly, A Dictionary of Popes (2nd. ed) (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010 [online edn.])
Other NoteNoted for re-establishing law and order in the Papal States, with considerable harshness. Also promoted Catholic renewal movements in building and scholarship, remodelling Rome as a Baroque city.
GEMMS record createdMarch 25, 2024
GEMMS record last editedMarch 25, 2024