Pius IV

Holy See list

Number

224

Regnal name

Pie IV · Pius IV

Birth name

Giovan Angelo Medici

Place stated for birth

Milan

Century stated

16

Beginning of the pontificate

26.XII.1559, 6.I.1560 several years kept together

End of the pontificate

9.XII.1565

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