Nicholas V

Tomaso Parentucelli · 1447 – 1455 · 8 yrs · died

Founded the Vatican Library and started the plan that became the new St. Peter's.

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Founded the Vatican Library with his own manuscripts.
Declared the Jubilee of 1450.

Didn't

Prevent the fall of Constantinople in 1453, which he had tried to rally Europe against.

From the record

Pope Nicholas V, born Tommaso Parentucelli, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 6 March 1447 until his death in March 1455. Pope Eugene IV made him a cardinal in 1446 after successful trips to Italy and Germany, and when Eugene died the next year, Parentucelli was elected in his place. He took his name Nicholas in memory of his obligations to Niccolò Albergati. He remains the most recent pope to take the pontifical name "Nicholas".

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