Sixtus V

Felice Piergentile · 24 Apr 1585 – 27 Aug 1590 · 5 yrs · died

Five years, and he rebuilt the city: streets, aqueducts, obelisks, the dome finished.

Did

Completed the dome of St. Peter's.
Capped the College of Cardinals at seventy, where it stayed until 1958.

Didn't

Go easy on bandits: executed them in such numbers that Rome was said to have more heads on the bridge than melons in the market.

From the record

Pope Sixtus V, 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.

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