St. Pius V
His Life, Times, Virtues and Miracles
Published on 1. January 2009
120 pages
978-1-5051-0824-8 (ISBN)
Description
In an incredible pontificate of 6 years; he vigorously promulgated the decrees of the Council of Trent (1545-1563); issued the Roman Missal; the revised Breviary and the Catechism of the Council of Trent; excommunicated Elizabeth I of England; established the Index of Forbidden Books; chose 314 bishops; wrote hundreds of bulls; and defeated the Turks at Lepanto in 1571; terminating their dominance of the Mediterranean Sea-all remarkably told in a short; readable biography.
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- CONTENTS
- Some Principal Dates in the Life of St. Pius V
- Foreword by Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani
- 1. From Shepherd Boy to Pope
- 2. Sovereign Pontiff and Temporal Reform
- 3. Spiritual Reform
- 4. Protestantism and European Diplomacy
- 5. Lepanto: the Holy Alliance against the Turks
- 6. The Roman Catechism, the Breviary and the Missal
- 7. Last Days and Death
- 8. Miracles, Beatification and Canonization, the Mausoleum in St. Mary Major's Basilica
