Oration “Fabricator mundi” of Pope Pius II (14 April 1459, Siena). Edited and translated by Michael von Cotta-Schönberg. 5th version. (Orations of Enea Silvio Piccolomini / Pope Pius II; 40)

Michael Cotta-Schønberg (1)

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During a prolonged stay in Siena in the spring of 1459, Pope Pius II received a number of embassies from the rulers of Europe declaring obedience to the Apostolic See and to the new pope. One of the embassies was from Emperor Friederich III. In his reply to the oration of the ambassadors, the pope spoke about papal supremacy and the doctrine of the swords, giving them a biblical and patristic basis, about the eminence of the Roman empire, the merits of the emperor, his personal indebtedness to the emperor, his acceptance of the emperor’s obedience, the emperor’s acceptance of an election to the Kingdom of Hungary, and the pope’s commitment to the emperor’s interests.

Mots clés: 15th century; Papal supremacy; Doctrine of the two swords; Declarations of obedience to the pope; Enea Silvio Piccolomini; Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini; Æneas Silvius Piccolomini; Pope Pius II; Renaissance orations; Responses to ambassadors; Emperor Frederick III (Habsburg); Kaiser Friedrich III (Habsburg); 1459; Renaissance oratory; Renaissance rhetorics; Papa Pio II

Domaines: Histoire, Philosophie et Sociologie des sciences

Michael Cotta-Schønberg. Oration “Fabricator mundi” of Pope Pius II (14 April 1459, Siena). Edited and translated by Michael von Cotta-Schönberg. 5th version. (Orations of Enea Silvio Piccolomini / Pope Pius II; 40). 2019. ⟨hal-01180739⟩