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MARCELLUS II

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MARCELLUS II . (See also:Marcello Cervini), the successor of See also:Julius III., was See also:born on the 6th of May 15o1, and was elected See also:pope on the 9th of See also:April 1555. He had See also:long been identified with the rigorist party in the See also:church, and as See also:president of the See also:Council of See also:Trent had incurred the anger of the See also:emperor by his jealous See also:defence of papal See also:prerogative. His motives were lofty, his See also:life blameless, his plans for reform nobly conceived. But See also:death removed him (April 30, 1555) before he could do more than give an See also:earnest of his intentions. He was followed by See also:Paul IV. Contemporary lives are to be found in Panvinio, continuator of Platina, De vitis pontiff. rom.; and Ciaconius, Vitae et res geslae summorum pontiff. rom. (See also:Rome, 1601—1602). P. Polidoro, De gestis, vita et moribus Marcelli II. (Rome, 1744), makes use of an unpublished See also:biography of the pope by his See also:brother, Alessandro Cervini. See also Brilli, Intorno See also:cilia vita e See also:title azioni di Marcello II.

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Montepulciano, 1846) ; See also:Ranke, Popes (Eng. trans.,See also:Austin), i. 284 seq ; A.von See also:Reumont, Gesch. der Stadt Rom), in. 2, 512, seq. (T. F.

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