{"slug": "pope-pius-ii", "label": "Pope Pius II", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_II", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101437", "qid": "Q101437", "description": "pope of the Catholic Church from 1458 to 1464 (1405–1464)", "entries": 13, "years": 8, "span": [1405, 1464], "span_label": ["1405 CE", "1464 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 12}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "st-peter-s-basilica", "label": "St. Peter's Basilica", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "constantinople", "label": "Constantinople", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ottoman-empire", "label": "Ottoman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-scotland", "label": "Kingdom of Scotland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "northern-england", "label": "Northern England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "holy-see", "label": "Holy See", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ottoman-turks", "label": "Ottoman Turks", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "skanderbeg", "label": "Skanderbeg", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "crusades", "label": "Crusades", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pope-eugene-iv", "label": "Pope Eugene IV", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mantua", "label": "Mantua", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1405, "year_label": "1405 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "October 18", "text": "October 18 – Pope Pius II (d. 1464)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1337543539#Births", "title": "1405", "revid": 1337543539, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1435, "year_label": "1435 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Enea Piccolomini, the future Pope Pius II, is sent by Cardinal Albergati on a secret mission to Scotland and Northern England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370372061#Date_unknown", "title": "1435", "revid": 1370372061, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1458, "year_label": "1458 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "September 3", "text": "September 3 – The coronation of Pope Pius II by Cardinal Prospero Colonna takes place on the front steps of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371245383#July–September", "title": "1458", "revid": 1371245383, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1459, "year_label": "1459 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 18", "text": "January 18 – The Order of Our Lady of Bethlehem is founded by Pope Pius II, to defend the island of Lemnos.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366548241#January–March", "title": "1459", "revid": 1366548241, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1459, "year_label": "1459 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May 27", "text": "May 27 – Pope Pius II arrives in Mantua in the Italian region of Lombardy as the guest of Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, in order to convene the Council of Mantua in hopes of organizing a crusade against the Ottoman Empire. 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He names Skanderbeg general captain of the Holy See, under the title Athleta Christi. This plan forces Skanderbeg to break his ten-year peace treaty with the Ottomans signed in 1463, by attacking their forces near Ohrid.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367795127#April–June", "title": "1464", "revid": 1367795127, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1464, "year_label": "1464 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 23", "text": "March 23 – Pope Pius II excommunicates the entire town of Prudnik (now part of Poland and its Roman Catholic inhabitants for its failure to pay its share of the debts owed to the Duke of Oels, Konrad IV the Elder.Tadeusz Kwaśniewski, (16 August 2002).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367795127#January–March", "title": "1464", "revid": 1367795127, "section": "Events › January–March"}}]}