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Most of the slaves, who were thus unconditionally freed, returned without any solicitation to their former masters, to serve them, at stated wages; as free men. The work, which they now did, was found to better done than before.
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