Pius II Dies at Ancona
1464
The humanist pope died in the Adriatic port city waiting for crusader ships that never arrived. His failed expedition marked the end of serious papal crusading. He had written erotic fiction, founded a model Renaissance town called Pienza, and produced some of the most candid papal memoirs of the century.
In context
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Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.
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