Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Pope Pius II
Born: October 18, 1405
Died: August 14, 1464 (aged 58)
Bio: Pope Pius II, born Enea Silvio Bartolomeo Piccolomini was Pope from 19 August 1458 to his death in 1464. He was born at Corsignano in the Sienese territory of a noble but impoverished family.
Known for:
- The Tale of Two Lovers
- Reject Aeneas, accept Pius
- Storia di due amanti
- Epistola ad Mahumetem