Paul IV

Holy See list

Number

223

Regnal name

Paul IV · Paul IV

Birth name

Gian Pietro Carafa

Place stated for birth

Capriglia (Avellino)

Century stated

16

Beginning of the pontificate

23,26.V.1555

End of the pontificate

18.VIII.1559

No biography is added. The Holy See does not give a birth date here, and the end of the pontificate is not turned into a date of death.

Source

Holy See, Pontiffs · consulted on 2026-09-28