Sixtus V depicted in an anonymous 17th century painting, exhibited in the Albi Cathedral
Church
Catholic Church
Papacy began
24 April 1585
Papacy ended
27 August 1590
Predecessor
Gregory XIII
Successor
Urban VII
Orders
Ordination
1547
Consecration
12 January 1567 by Antonio Lauro
Created cardinal
17 May 1570 by Pius V
Personal details
Born
Felice Piergentile, then Felice Peretti
(1521-12-13)13 December 1521
Grottammare, Papal States
Died
27 August 1590(1590-08-27) (aged 68) Rome, Papal States
Previous post(s)
Bishop of Fermo (1571–1577)
Bishop of Sant'Agata de' Goti (1566–1571)
Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati (1570–1585)
Motto
Aqua et panis, vita canis (Water and bread are a dog’s life)[1]
Signature
Coat of arms
Other popes named Sixtus
Papal styles of Pope Sixtus V
Reference style
His Holiness
Spoken style
Your Holiness
Religious style
Holy Father
Posthumous style
None
Pope Sixtus V (Italian: Sisto V; 13 December 1521 – 27 August 1590), born Felice Piergentile, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 24 April 1585 to his death, in August 1590. As a youth, he joined the Franciscan order, where he displayed talents as a scholar and preacher, and enjoyed the patronage of Pius V, who made him a cardinal. As a cardinal, he was known as Cardinal Montalto.
As Pope, he energetically rooted out corruption and lawlessness across Rome, and launched a far-sighted rebuilding programme that continues to provoke controversy, as it involved the destruction of antiquities. The cost of these works was met by heavy taxation which caused much suffering. His foreign policy was regarded as over-ambitious, and he excommunicated both Queen Elizabeth I of England and King Henry IV of France. He is recognized as a significant figure of the Counter-Reformation. He is the most recent pope to date to take on the pontifical name "Sixtus".
^"Sixtus V. S.A. Bent, comp. 1887. Familiar Short Sayings of Great Men". www.bartleby.com. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
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of Saint Paul that crowns the column was placed in 1589, by order of PopeSixtusV. The Roman Via Lata (now the Via del Corso) runs through the piazza's...
reign of PopeSixtusV. The new structure's interior was renovated in the late 17th century, and its façade was completed in 1735 under Pope Clement XII...
administrator. He was made Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio in 1585 by PopeSixtusV, who named him major penitentiary in January 1586 and in 1588 sent him...
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moneylending in 1479 and the expulsion of all Jews in 1486. On 3 August 1475, PopeSixtus IV commanded Bishop Hinderbach to suspend judicial proceedings until...
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