Pope Sixtus V
1521 CE–1590 CE · Fermo
Born Felice Peretti to a poor family near Grottammare, Sixtus V rose through the Franciscan order and the Inquisition to become one of the most forceful reforming popes. In a brief but transformative reign he restored papal finances, ruthlessly suppressed banditry in the Papal States, and reorganized the Roman Curia into fifteen congregations, a structure that endured for centuries. He capped the number of cardinals at seventy and reshaped Rome physically, completing the dome of St. Peter's, raising the Vatican obelisk, and laying out grand avenues. His sweeping ambition outpaced his time, but his administrative legacy proved lasting.
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FermoפרמוMarche (Italy)
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About Fermo
Fermo is a hill town in the Marche region of central Italy, founded by Rome as the Latin colony of Firmum Picenum in 264 BCE. In the Middle Ages it was repeatedly besieged in the wars between emperors and popes, and it later lay within the Papal States. Felice Peretti was its bishop from 1571 to 1577 and founded its seminary. As Pope Sixtus V he raised Fermo to an archdiocese in 1589 and established its university. The Jewish poet Immanuel of Rome, who wrote the Hebrew Mahberot as well as verse in Italian, is generally said to have died in Fermo around 1332.
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Pope Gregory XIII, Pope Innocent IX, Pope Gregory XIV, Pope Clement VIII, Robert Bellarmine, Pope Paul V, Matteo Ricci, Pope Innocent X, Pope Clement X
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