Pope Sixtus V

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Pope
gptkbp:appointedCardinalBy gptkb:Pope_Pius_V
gptkbp:birthDate 1521-12-13
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Felice_Peretti_di_Montalto
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Grottammare,_Papal_States
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Basilica_di_Santa_Maria_Maggiore
gptkbp:canonizedBy not canonized
gptkbp:coatOfArms Coat of arms of Pope Sixtus V.svg
gptkbp:deathDate 1590-08-27
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Rome,_Papal_States
gptkbp:education gptkb:Franciscan_Order
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pope Sixtus V
gptkbp:motto Periit ut vivat (He died that he might live)
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Italian
gptkbp:notableFor completion of the dome of St. Peter's Basilica
erecting the Vatican Obelisk
establishing the Congregation of the Index
increasing the number of congregations
rebuilding aqueducts in Rome
reforming the College of Cardinals
reforming the Curia
reforming the administration of the Papal States
reforming the finances of the Papal States
reorganizing the Papal States
revising the Vulgate Bible
strict law enforcement
urban planning in Rome
gptkbp:numberInOffice 227
gptkbp:papacyEnd 1590-08-27
gptkbp:papacyStart 1585-04-24
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Francesco_Peretti
gptkb:Marianna_da_Frontillo
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Pope_Gregory_XIII
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Catholicism
gptkbp:religiousOrder Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
gptkbp:signature Autograph Sixtus V.svg
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Pope_Urban_VII
gptkbp:title gptkb:Pope
gptkb:Bishop_of_Fermo
gptkb:Cardinal-Priest_of_San_Girolamo_degli_Schiavoni
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Basilica_di_Santa_Maria_Maggiore
gptkb:French_Wars_of_Religion
gptkb:Litany_of_the_Saints
gptkb:Italian_Renaissance
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5