St. Pius V POPE (1504-1572) - Memorial: April 30 Pope Saint Pius V Also known as Antonio Ghisleri Giovanni Michele Ghisleri Michael Ghisleri Michele Ghislieri Memorial 30 April 1 May (Rome, Italy) 5 …More
St. Pius V POPE (1504-1572) - Memorial: April 30
Pope Saint Pius V
Also known as
Antonio Ghisleri
Giovanni Michele Ghisleri
Michael Ghisleri
Michele Ghislieri
Memorial
30 April
1 May (Rome, Italy)
5 May (pre-1969)
Profile
Born to impoverished Italian nobility, the son of Paolo Ghislieri and Domenica Augeria. Worked as a shepherd as a boy. Received an excellent training in piety and holiness, including a scholastic education from a Dominican friar; he joined the Order himself in 1518, taking the name Michele. Studied in Bologna, Italy. Ordained in 1528 in the diocese of Genoa, Italy. Teacher of philosophy and divinity in Genoa. Professor of theology in Pavia, Italy for sixteen years. Master of novices and prior of several Dominican houses, working for stricter adherence to the Order‘s Rule. Inquisitor in Como and Bergamo, Italy. Commissary general of the Roman Inquisition in 1551. On 4 September 1556 Michele was consecrated Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy against his will. Inquisitor in Milan and Lombardy in 1556. Created cardinal on 15 March 1557. Grand inquisitor on 14 December 1558. Part of the conclave of 1559 that elected Pope Pius IV. Bishop of Mondovi, Italy on 17 March 1560. 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. Chosen 225th pope in 1566.
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. He 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 in interaction with other heads of state. At the time of his death he was working on a Christian European alliance to break the power of the Islamic states.
Born
17 January 1504 at Bosco, diocese of Alessandria, Lombardy, Italy as Antonio Ghisleri
Papal Ascension
elected 7 January 1566
crowned 17 January 1566
Died
1 May 1572 in Rome, Italy, apparently of a renal disorder caused by kidney stones
buried in the chapel of San Andrea, Saint Peter’s basilica, Vatican City
Beatified
1 May 1672 by Pope Clement X
Canonized
22 May 1712 by Pope Clement XI
catholicsaints.info/pope-saint-pius-v/
Pope Saint Pius V
Also known as
Antonio Ghisleri
Giovanni Michele Ghisleri
Michael Ghisleri
Michele Ghislieri
Memorial
30 April
1 May (Rome, Italy)
5 May (pre-1969)
Profile
Born to impoverished Italian nobility, the son of Paolo Ghislieri and Domenica Augeria. Worked as a shepherd as a boy. Received an excellent training in piety and holiness, including a scholastic education from a Dominican friar; he joined the Order himself in 1518, taking the name Michele. Studied in Bologna, Italy. Ordained in 1528 in the diocese of Genoa, Italy. Teacher of philosophy and divinity in Genoa. Professor of theology in Pavia, Italy for sixteen years. Master of novices and prior of several Dominican houses, working for stricter adherence to the Order‘s Rule. Inquisitor in Como and Bergamo, Italy. Commissary general of the Roman Inquisition in 1551. On 4 September 1556 Michele was consecrated Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy against his will. Inquisitor in Milan and Lombardy in 1556. Created cardinal on 15 March 1557. Grand inquisitor on 14 December 1558. Part of the conclave of 1559 that elected Pope Pius IV. Bishop of Mondovi, Italy on 17 March 1560. 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. Chosen 225th pope in 1566.
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. He 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 in interaction with other heads of state. At the time of his death he was working on a Christian European alliance to break the power of the Islamic states.
Born
17 January 1504 at Bosco, diocese of Alessandria, Lombardy, Italy as Antonio Ghisleri
Papal Ascension
elected 7 January 1566
crowned 17 January 1566
Died
1 May 1572 in Rome, Italy, apparently of a renal disorder caused by kidney stones
buried in the chapel of San Andrea, Saint Peter’s basilica, Vatican City
Beatified
1 May 1672 by Pope Clement X
Canonized
22 May 1712 by Pope Clement XI
catholicsaints.info/pope-saint-pius-v/
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Pius V, Pope (Optional Memorial)
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Adjutor of Vernon
Aimo of Savigny
Amator of Córdoba
Aphrodisius of Alexandria
Áugulo of Viviers
Cynwl
Dedë Plani
Diodoro of Aphrodisias
Donatus of Euraea
Erconwald of London
Eutropius of Saintes
Forannan
Genistus of Limoges
Giuse Tuân
Gualfardus of Augsburg
Hildegard the Empress
Joseph Benedict Cottolengo
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Marie Guyart of the Incarnation (Optional Memorial)
Pius V, Pope (Optional Memorial)
—
Adjutor of Vernon
Aimo of Savigny
Amator of Córdoba
Aphrodisius of Alexandria
Áugulo of Viviers
Cynwl
Dedë Plani
Diodoro of Aphrodisias
Donatus of Euraea
Erconwald of London
Eutropius of Saintes
Forannan
Genistus of Limoges
Giuse Tuân
Gualfardus of Augsburg
Hildegard the Empress
Joseph Benedict Cottolengo
Lawrence of Novara
Louis of Córdoba
Mariano of Acerenza
Maximus of Ephesus
Mercurialis of Forlì
Peter of Córdoba
Pomponius of Naples
Quirinus of Rome
Rodopiano of Aphrodisias
Sophia of Fermo
Swithbert the Younger
Ventura of Spello
William Southerne
—
Benedict of Urbino
Francis Dickenson
Luigi Puell and Companions
Luith of Druim-Dairbhreach
Matilda of Scotland
Maximus of Rome
Miles Gerard
Onenn of Brittany
Pauline von Mallinckrodt
Peter the Deacon
Rosamond
Pius V, Pope (Optional Memorial)
—
Adjutor of Vernon
Aimo of Savigny
Amator of Córdoba
Aphrodisius of Alexandria
Áugulo of Viviers
Cynwl
Dedë Plani
Diodoro of Aphrodisias
Donatus of Euraea
Erconwald of London
Eutropius of Saintes
Forannan
Genistus of Limoges
Giuse Tuân
Gualfardus of Augsburg
Hildegard the Empress
Joseph Benedict Cottolengo
Lawrence of Novara
Louis of Córdoba
Mariano of Acerenza
Maximus of Ephesus
Mercurialis of Forlì
Peter of Córdoba
Pomponius of Naples
Quirinus of Rome
Rodopiano of Aphrodisias
Sophia of Fermo
Swithbert the Younger
Ventura of Spello
William Southerne
—
Benedict of Urbino
Francis Dickenson
Luigi Puell and Companions
Luith of Druim-Dairbhreach
Matilda of Scotland
Maximus of Rome
Miles Gerard
Onenn of Brittany
Pauline von Mallinckrodt
Peter the Deacon
Rosamond