Nicholas V

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Nicholas V

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(Biography) original name Tommaso Parentucelli. 1397–1455, Italian ecclesiastic; pope (1447–55). He helped to found the Vatican Library
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Noun1.Nicholas V - Italian pope from 1447 to 1455 who founded the Vatican library (1397-1455)
Tomasso Parentucelli
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Pope Nicholas V (1447-1455) had the architect Bernardo Rossellino draw up plans for enlarging the Basilica, adding on an apse more prominent than the Constantinian one.
Vatican: The history
The work was intended as a defense of Manetti's translation of the Psalms, which he hoped would serve as part of the centerpiece of Pope Nicholas V's efforts to emulate Ptolemy's library in Alexandria by replacing the Septuagint with a new, authorized translation of the entire Hebrew Bible.
Fiammetta, Paradise
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