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Pius II
Enea Silvio Piccolomini · 1458 – 1464 · 6 yrs · died
Wrote an erotic novel and a memoir before becoming pope. The memoir is still a good read.
Did
- Wrote the Commentaries, the only autobiography by a reigning pope.
Didn't
- Get his crusade: died at Ancona in 1464 waiting for a fleet that mostly never came.
From the record
Pope Pius II, born Enea Silvio Bartolomeo Piccolomini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 August 1458 to his death in 1464.
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