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Reigned from 22 September to 18 October 1503.
Born in 1439 in Siena, Italy as Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini; died on 18 October 1503 in Rome, Italy.
Archbishop of Siena.
Cardinal-deacon.
Papal legate to Ancona and Germany.
A man of spotless character.
His short pontificate of 26 days left no time for the fulfillment of his policy.
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