Definition of Aeneas Silvius

1. Noun. Italian pope from 1458 to 1464 who is remembered for his unsuccessful attempt to lead a crusade against the Turks (1405-1464).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Aeneas Silvius

Aegis cruiser
Aegis cruisers
Aegisthus
Aegospotami
Aegospotamos
Aegypiidae
Aegypius
Aegypius monachus
Aegyptopithecus
Aegyptus
Aeka
Aelius Donatus
Aelurostrongylus
Aeneas
Aeneas Silvius (current term)
Aeneid
Aengus
Aeolia
Aeolian
Aeolian Islands
Aeolian mode
Aeolic
Aeolis
Aeolus
Aeonium
Aeonium haworthii
Aepyceros
Aepyceros melampus
Aepyornidae

Literary usage of Aeneas Silvius

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the Christian Church by Wilhelm Ernst Möller (1893)
"But Aeneas Silvius, who was now in the service of Frederick III. and his Chancellor Schirk, and had arrived in Rome before the electoral ambassadors, ..."

2. The English Historical Review by JSTOR (Organization), Oxford Journals (Oxford University Press), Mandell Creighton, Justin Winsor, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Reginald Lane Poole, John Goronwy Edwards (1909)
"This, taken in close connexion with his wonderful gift of expression, seems to be the key to the character and career of Aeneas Silvius. ..."

3. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1904)
"Aeneas Silvius had stated with the utmost clearness thirteen years before he became Pope that no one in the Curia any longer thought of reformation. ..."

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