23 Facts About Nicholas V

Nicholas V took his name Nicholas in memory of his obligations to Niccolo Albergati.

Pontificate of Nicholas V saw the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks and the end of the Hundred Years War.

Nicholas V responded by calling a crusade against the Ottomans, which never materialized.

Nicholas V brought about the submission of the last of the antipopes, Felix V, and the dissolution of the Synod of Basel.

Nicholas V strengthened fortifications, restored aqueducts, and rebuilt many churches.

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Nicholas V ordered design plans for what would eventually be the Basilica of St Peter.

Nicholas V was able to collect books, for which he had an intellectual's passion, wherever he went.

Nicholas V was to assist in negotiating an understanding between the Papal States and the Holy Roman Empire, regarding undercutting or at least containing the reforming decrees of the Council of Basel .

Nicholas V took the name Nicholas in honour of his early benefactor, Niccolo Albergati.

Nicholas V called the congress which produced the Treaty of Lodi, secured peace with Charles VII of France, and concluded the Concordat of Vienna or Aschaffenburg with the German King, Frederick III, by which the decrees of the Council of Basel against papal annates and reservations were abrogated so far as Germany was concerned.

In 1450, Nicholas V held a Jubilee at Rome, and the offerings of the numerous pilgrims who thronged to Rome gave him the means of furthering the cause of culture in Italy, which he had so much at heart.

Nicholas V's plans were of embellishing the city with new monuments worthy of the capital of the Christian world.

The Aqua Virgo aqueduct, originally constructed by Agrippa, was restored by Nicholas V and emptied into a simple basin that Alberti designed, the predecessor of the Trevi Fountain.

Nicholas V continued restoration of the major Roman basilicas, but of many other Roman churches including Sant' Apostoli, Sant' Eusebio, San Lorenzo fuori le Mura, Santa Maria in Trastevere, Santa Prassede, San Salvatore, Santo Stefano Rotondo, San Teodoro, and especially San Celso.

Nicholas V rebuilt the Ponte Sant' Angelo which had collapsed in 1450, and supported the redevelopment of the surrounding area as a prestigious business and residential district.

Nicholas V's major focus was on establishing the Vatican as the official residence of the Papacy, replacing the Lateran Palace.

For Nicholas V, humanism became a tool for the cultural aggrandizement of the Christian capital, and he sent emissaries to the East to attract Greek scholars after the fall of Constantinople.

Nicholas V was compelled to add that the lustre of his pontificate would be forever dulled by the fall of Constantinople, which the Turks took in 1453.

Unsuccessful in a campaign to unite Christian powers to come to the aid of Constantinople, just before that great citadel was conquered, Nicholas V had ordered 10 papal ships to sail with ships from Genoa, Venice and Naples to defend the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.

Nicholas V preached a crusade and endeavoured to reconcile the mutual animosities of the Italian states, but without much success.

In undertaking these works, Nicholas V was moved "to strengthen the weak faith of the populace by the greatness of that which it sees".

In late spring of 1452 Byzantine Emperor Constantine XI wrote to Pope Nicholas V for help against the impending siege by Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II.

Ownership of the Canary Islands continued to be a source of dispute between Spain and Portugal and Nicholas V was asked to settle the matter, ultimately in favor of the Portuguese.