Nicholas V's major focus was on establishing the Vatican as the official residence of the Papacy, replacing the Lateran Palace. He added a substantial new wing including a private chapel to the Vatican, and – according to Giannozzo Manetti, biographer of Nicholas – planned substantial changes to the Borgo district.

Year 1453 (MCDLIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1453rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 453rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 53rd year of the 15th century, and the 4th year of the 1450s decade.

The "Aqua Virgo", originally constructed by Agrippa, was restored by Nicholas, and is to this day the most prized by the Romans, under the name of "Acqua Trevi". But the works on which he especially set his heart were the rebuilding of the Leonine City, the …

Mar 20, 2025 · Nicholas V (born November 15, 1397, Sarzana, Republic of Genoa [Italy]—died March 24, 1455, Rome) was an influential Renaissance pope (reigned 1447–55) and founder of the Vatican Library. Soon after his election, he brought to an end the schism caused by rivalries between popes and councils.

May 29, 2017 · It was not hard for Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos (1405-53) to deduce Mehmed’s intentions, since the 21-year-old sultan had been taking measures to secure the traffic in the Bosphorus...

May 24, 2019 · In the early morning hours of May 29, 1453, Mahomet unleashed his assault on the city, attacking it from three sides. The defenders repulsed two of the attacks; but the last attack overwhelmed them.

Sep 28, 2021 · With the final fall of Constantinople in 1453, Rome was left as the last center of Christianity to not be overtaken by a non-Christian power. Even that was barely assured in the …

At his death Nicholas left a library of 807 Latin and 353 Greek MSS, a very large collection for that day (see vatican library). The year 1453 was disastrous for the pope.

Rise to power: Council of Florence. 1453 fall of Constantinople. 1454 Peace of Lodi; Lega Italica 1455. Diplomacy: Portugal, Aragon and Atlantic trade. Humanists: College of Abbreviatores, more. Rebuilding Rome. Bernardino Pinturicchio (ca 1452-1513): Pius II canonizing Saint Catherine of Siena in 1461, 1505-1508. Siena, Piccolomini Library.

Nicholas was unsuccessful in his attempt to raise a crusade to recover Constantinople, the capital city of the Eastern Orthodox Church, which the Turks of the Ottoman Empire captured in 1453. Pope Nicholas, who is recognized as the first humanist pope, was …