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- noun Italian pope from 1458 to 1464 who is remembered for his unsuccessful attempt to lead a crusade against the Turks (1405-1464)
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Aeneas Silvius, later to become pope, delivered to the
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 Various
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The interest in humanistic studies was also spread by Aeneas Silvius at the Council of Basle.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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Brantôme in the sixteenth century, like Aeneas Silvius in the fifteenth, remarked the uncouthness of the northern kingdom.
The Age of the Reformation Preserved Smith 1910
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He became the father of Aeneas Silvius, who in his turn had a son, Latinus Silvius.
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Who among us has not lamented, with Aeneas Silvius (Pius II), that Homer and Plato have now "died a second death"?
The New Republic - All Feed Lisbet Rausing 2010
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In the fifteenth century, after the awakening of historical criticism, a few scholars like Aeneas Silvius (Epist.,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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"Your holiness is known for slighting Aeneas Silvius as other men never slighted him.
The Cloister and the Hearth Charles Reade 1849
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