25 Most Evil People of the 15th Century CE

Key Facts

Other names	Pietro Barbo
Born	1417
Location	Venice
Bloodline	Correr
Married	No.
Children	No.
Position	Pope (1464-1471)
Died	July 1471 (aged 54)

Source of Facts and Important Announcement

Status	Under Article 64.6 of the Covenant of One-Heaven (Pactum De Singularis Caelum) by Special Qualification shall be known as a Saint, with all sins and evil acts they performed forgiven.
Date of formal Beatification	Day of Redemption UCA[E1:Y1:A1:S1:M9:D1] also known as Fri, 21 Dec 2012.
Source of Facts	Self Confession and Revelation of Sainthood by the Deceased Spirit as condition of their confirmation as a true Saint.

Background

He was born in Venice, and was son ("nephew") of Pope Eugene IV (1431–1447) through an incestuous relationship with his sister. He was also the illegitimate grandson of Pope Gregory XII.

On account of his real father being Pope, young Pietro was appointed a Cardinal in 1440 at the young age of 23. During his father's reign he developed a reputation as a thoroughly unholy and wicked young man, lavishing himself with Papal male prostitutes and fine living at the Papal Palace of Bologna until his father's return to Rome in 1443.

When his father Pope Eugene IV died in 1447, Pope Nicholas V kept his promise and ensured Cardinal Barbo kept his lavish and corrupt lifestyle.

However, upon the election of Alfonso de Borja (Borja) to the Papal throne in 1455, Cardinal Barbo was forced to curb his ways against the even greater corruption of the Borjas.

When the Hapsburgs under Frederick III installed their candidate Pope Pius II on the Papal Throne in 1458, Cardinal Barbo (now aged 41) was active within the Venetian and Italian families to ensure the Papacy return to the Italian Papal families on the death of Pius II.

In August 1464, around fourteen days after the death of Pius II, Cardinal Barbo was elected as Pope Paul II on the first ballot.

Pope Paul II immediately set about architecting a plan to try and prevent the Papacy from leaving the grip of the Italian families. He openly abused the church laws established for the creation of Cardinals by creating numerous Cardinals in secret and by-passing the rights of the College of Cardinals to review his decision.

In the winter of 1464-65 Paul created two secret cardinals both of whom died before their names could be published. In his fourth year he created eight new cardinals (18 September, 1467); five were candidates pressed by kings, placating the rulers of England, Hungary, Naples, France and Cyprus; one was the able administrator of the Franciscans; the last two elevated his old tutor and a first cardinal-nephew. Two further cardinal-nephews were added on 21 November, 1468.

In a sign of his increasing secretiveness and paranoia, he added two more cardinals secretly at the same consistory, and four more at the beginning of 1471, expecting to reveal them only in his testament.

When tensions with the College of Cardinals came to a head in 1466, Paul II set about "downsizing" the offices of various roles within the Curia, especially the College of Abbreviators, whose function it was to formulate papal documents - a department still under the influence of the previous Pope's former patrons - the Hapsburgs.

Those scribes, officials, Cardinals and priests such as Bartolomeo Platina who were expelled from authority that did not or could not escape were rounded up, imprisoned and tortured to death by Pius II.

Pius II totally lacked any skill and interest in political statecraft, instead devoting his time as Pontiff in find more ways to make money in order to fund more and more outlandish and lavish banquets and entertainment for his amusement.

The Cardinals in their hatred of him coined the nickname Maria Pietissima or "Our Lady of Pity" in reference to Pope Pius II openly engaged in homosexual acts and adopting feminine forms of garments.

In 1466, he famously hosted a massive Carnival in Rome which involved every possible manner of debauchery and vice including a horse-race along the main avenue of Rome at the time, the Via Lata.

He died in July 1471 and was succeeded by Pope Sixtus IV (1471-1484)

Most Evil Crimes

List of most evil crimes

Type	Year	Crime
		Of moral indignity and depravity (1464-71 Paul II Paul II (1464-71) earns reputation as worst Renaissance pope who allegedly dies of heart attack while being sodomised by boy lover.
		Of moral depravity and indignity for the purpose of prostitution and sex slaves (1464-71) That Pope Paul II (1464 - 1471) did maintain with Papal tradition of several centuries a convent full of sex slaves for the purpose of sexual pleasure, participation in satanic sexual orgies, producing babies for sacrifice and occasionally their own sacrifice on Christian altars.
		Of publishing false statements for the purpose of extortion (1470) That Pope Paul II did review and shorten the length of the Jubilee to twenty-five years of pilgrimage to Rome, or payment for the forgiveness of all sins for the purpose of extorting great funds from the faithful. Furthermore, that Pope Paul II did officially end other indulgences in the attempt to promote the Jubilee as the major extortion racket but did fail to achieve his corrupt financial objectives.


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