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He was elected pope in 1458 and took the name of pius ii, a reference to pious aeneas, the hero of virgils epic. Reject aeneas, accept pius by pius ii pope, pius, thomas m. Historia rerum 1991 by pius book deals for may 2020. Pius ii was born at corsignano in the sienese territory of a noble but decayed family. Emily obrien treats this and the other rhetorical challenges confronting the distinguished humanist author in a work that is. Izbicki, philip krey, and gerald christianson catholic university of america press, 2006.
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Pius wrote and spoke latin with consummate facility. Mar 22, 2007 reject aeneas, accept pius rescues many of them from such a fate. Pope pius ii was among the critics of georges translations. Reject aeneas, accept pius selected letters of aeneas sylvius piccolomini book. Pius himself might not have been grateful, but students and scholars of church history, of pius ii, and of the renaissance more generally most certainly should be. Piccolomini adopts a different approach to the names pius and aeneas in the work he wrote in the last years of his life, the commentaries. This book allows aeneas to tell his story in his own words through a. Relating to pietas, it simply means dutiful and loyal, in various ways. Izbicki, gerald christianson, and philip krey, trans.
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