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Pope
Paul IV
Bishop of Rome
Portrait by an unknown artist close to Jacopino del Conte, c. 1556 – c. 1560
Church
Catholic Church
Papacy began
23 May 1555
Papacy ended
18 August 1559
Predecessor
Marcellus II
Successor
Pius IV
Orders
Consecration
18 September 1505 by Cardinal Oliviero Carafa
Created cardinal
22 December 1536 by Pope Paul III
Personal details
Born
Gian Pietro Carafa
28 June 1476
Capriglia Irpina, Kingdom of Naples
Died
18 August 1559(1559-08-18) (aged 83) Rome, Papal States
Previous post(s)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio fouri le Mura (1536–1655)
Motto
Dominus mihi adjutor ("The Lord is my helper")[1]
Coat of arms
Other popes named Paul
Papal styles of Pope Paul IV
Reference style
His Holiness
Spoken style
Your Holiness
Religious style
Holy Father
Posthumous style
None
Pope Paul IV (Latin: Paulus IV; Italian: Paolo IV; 28 June 1476 – 18 August 1559), born Gian Pietro Carafa, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 23 May 1555 to his death, in August 1559.[2][3] While serving as papal nuncio in Spain, he developed an anti-Spanish outlook that later coloured his papacy. In response to an invasion of part of the Papal States by Spain during his papacy, he called for a French military intervention. After a defeat of the French and with Spanish troops at the edge of Rome, the Papacy and Spain reached a compromise: French and Spanish forces left the Papal States and the Pope thereafter adopted a neutral stance between France and Spain.[4]
Carafa was appointed bishop of Chieti, but resigned in 1524 in order to found with Saint Cajetan the Congregation of Clerics Regular (Theatines). Recalled to Rome, and made Archbishop of Naples, he worked to re-organize the Inquisitorial system in response to the emerging Protestant movement in Europe, any dialogue with which he opposed (the inquisition itself had been first instituted by Pope Innocent III who first regulated inquisitional procedure in the 13th century). Carafa was elected pope in 1555 through the influence of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese in the face of opposition from Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. His papacy was characterized by strong nationalism in reaction to the influence of Philip II of Spain and the Habsburgs. The appointment of Carlo Carafa as Cardinal Nephew damaged the papacy further, and scandals forced Paul to remove him from office. He curbed some clerical abuses in Rome, but his methods were seen as harsh. He would introduce the first modern Index Librorum Prohibitorum or "Index of Prohibited Books" banning works he saw as in error. In spite of his advanced age, he was a tireless worker and issued new decrees and regulations daily, unrelenting in his determination to keep Protestants and recently immigrated Marranos from gaining influence in the Papal States. He had some hundred of the Marranos of Ancona thrown into prison; 50 were sentenced by the tribunal of the Inquisition and 25 of these were burned at the stake. Paul IV issued the Papal bull Cum nimis absurdum, which confined Jews in Rome to the neighbourhood claustro degli Ebrei ("enclosure of the Hebrews"), later known as the Roman Ghetto. He died highly unpopular, to the point that his family rushed his burial to make sure his body would not be desecrated by a popular uprising.
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^Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Paul (popes)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 956.
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