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Sixtus V

Sixtus V

Sixtus V was born Felice Peretti in 1521 in Grottammare, Italy. From modest beginnings, he entered the Franciscan order and rose to prominence as a preacher, administr...

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Pius IV

Pius IV

Pius IV was born Giovanni Angelo Medici in Milan in 1499. Trained in law, he advanced through a series of ecclesiastical and administrative offices before becoming a c...

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Bellarminus

Bellarmine

Robert Bellarmine was born in Montepulciano, Tuscany, in 1542. He entered the Society of Jesus and became one of the leading Catholic theologians of his age. After stu...

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Pius V

Pius V

Pius V was born Antonio Ghislieri in 1504 in Bosco, near Alessandria. He joined the Dominican order as a young man and took the religious name Michele. As a theologian...

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Paulus IV

Paul IV

Paul IV was born Gian Pietro Carafa in 1476, into a noble family from southern Italy. Long before becoming pope, he had acquired a reputation as an uncompromising refo...

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Diego de Deza

Diego de Deza

Diego de Deza was born in Toro, in the Kingdom of Castile, in 1444. He joined the Dominican order, studied theology and built a powerful career within the Spanish Chur...

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Adrianus VI

Adrian VI

Adrian VI was born Adriaan Florensz in Utrecht in 1459. He studied theology at the University of Leuven, where he became a respected professor and academic administrat...

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