Editing Pope Nicholas V (section)

{{Short description|Head of Catholic Church from 1447 to 1455}}
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{{Infobox Christian leader
|type=Pope
|honorific-prefix= [[List of popes|Pope]]
|name=Nicholas V
|title = [[Bishop of Rome]]
|image=Paus Nicolaas V door Peter Paul Rubens.jpg
|caption = Portrait by [[Peter Paul Rubens]], 1610s
|birth_name=Tommaso Parentucelli
|church = [[Catholic Church]]
|term_start=6 March 1447
|term_end=24 March 1455
|predecessor=[[Eugene IV]]
|successor=[[Callixtus III]]
| ordination = 1422
| ordained_by = [[Niccolò Albergati]]
| consecration =17 March 1447
| consecrated_by = [[Francesco Condulmer]]
| cardinal =16 December 1446
| created_cardinal_by = Eugene IV
|birth_date=15 November 1397
|birth_place= [[Sarzana]], [[Republic of Genoa]]
|death_date=24 March 1455 (aged 57)
|death_place=Rome, [[Papal States]]
|previous_post={{Indented plainlist|
*[[Bishop of Bologna]] (1444–1447)
*[[Santa Susanna, Rome|Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna]] (1446–1447)}}
|coat_of_arms=C o a Nicolaus V.svg
|other=Nicholas}}
{{Infobox popestyles
|image            = File: C o a Nicolaus V.svg
|dipstyle         = [[His Holiness]]
|offstyle         = Your Holiness
|relstyle         = Holy Father
|deathstyle       = None
}}
'''Pope Nicholas V''' ({{langx|la|Nicolaus V}}; {{langx|it|Niccolò V}}; 15 November 1397 – 24 March 1455),<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nicholas V {{!}} Vatican Library & Dum Diversas {{!}} Britannica|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nicholas-V-pope|access-date=11 December 2021|website=www.britannica.com|language=en}}</ref> born '''Tommaso Parentucelli''', was head of the [[Catholic Church]] and ruler of the [[Papal States]] from 6 March 1447 until his death in March 1455.{{sfnp|Filelfo|Robin|2009|p=370}} [[Pope Eugene IV]] made him a [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] in 1446 after successful trips to [[Italy]] and [[Germany]], and when Eugene died the next year, Parentucelli was elected in his place. He took his name Nicholas in memory of his obligations to [[Niccolò Albergati]]. He remains the most recent pope to take the [[pontifical name]] "Nicholas".

The pontificate of Nicholas saw the [[fall of Constantinople]] to the [[Ottoman Turks]] and the end of the [[Hundred Years' War]]. He responded by calling a [[crusade]] against the Ottomans, which never materialized. By the [[Concordat of Vienna]] he secured the recognition of papal rights over bishoprics and benefices. He also brought about the submission of the last of the antipopes, [[Felix V]], and the dissolution of the [[Synod of Basel]]. A key figure in the [[Roman Renaissance]], Nicholas sought to make Rome the home of literature and art. He strengthened fortifications, restored aqueducts, and rebuilt many churches. He ordered design plans for what would eventually be the [[Basilica of St. Peter]].