Editing Pope Pius V (section)

==Death and canonization==
[[File:Roma-Santa Maria Maggiore01.jpg|thumb|200px|left|The body of Pius V in his [[List of extant papal tombs|tomb]] in Santa Maria Maggiore]]
Pius V died on 1 May 1572. Pius V suffered from [[bladder stone]]s, a condition for which he was unwilling to have an operation. Additionally, Pius V fasted and served extensively in his last years, leading to "great weakness".<ref>{{cite book |last1=von Freiherr |first1=Ludwig |title=The history of the popes, from the close of the middle ages : drawn from the secret Archives of the Vatican and other original sources; from the German |date=1891 |publisher=London, J. Hodges |pages=450–453 |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofpopesfr18past/page/450/mode/2up?q=pope+pius+V |access-date=8 October 2021}}</ref> After his death, three stones were discovered in his bladder.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Menham |first1=Joseph |title=The life and pontificate of Saint Pius the Fifth: sujoined is a reimpression of a historic deduction of the Episcopal oath of allegiance to the Pope, in the Church of Rome |date=1832 |publisher=London : J. Duncan |page=222 |url=https://archive.org/details/lifepontificateo00menhiala/page/222/mode/2up?q=pope+pius+V |access-date=8 October 2021}}</ref> He was buried in the chapel of S. Andrea which was close to the tomb of [[Pope Pius III]], in the Vatican. Although his will requested he be buried in Bosco, [[Pope Sixtus V]] built a monument in the chapel of SS. Sacramento in the [[Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore|Liberian basilica]]. His remains were transferred there on 9 January 1588.

In 1696, the process of Pius V's [[canonisation]] was started through the efforts of the [[Master of the Order of Preachers]], Antonin Cloche. He also immediately commissioned a representative tomb from the sculptor [[Pierre Le Gros the Younger]] to be erected in the Sistine Chapel of the [[Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore]]. The pope's body was placed in it in 1698. Pope Pius V was [[beatified]] by [[Pope Clement X]] in 1672,<ref>{{cite book|author-link=Richard McBrien|author=Richard P. McBrien|title=The Pocket Guide to the Popes|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|year=2006|page=283 |isbn = 978-0-06-113773-0}}</ref> and was later [[canonized]] by [[Pope Clement XI]] (1700–21) on 22 May 1712.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bghis.html|title = Pope Pius V|date = 29 September 2013|access-date = 26 February 2014|publisher = Catholic Hierarchy}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first1=James|last1=Corkery|first2=Thomas|last2=Worcester|title=The Papacy Since 1500: From Italian Prince to Universal Pastor|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|year= 2010|pages=56–57|isbn=978-0-521-50987-9}}</ref>

In the following year, 1713, his [[feast day]] was inserted in the General Roman Calendar, for celebration on 5 May, with the rank of "Double", the equivalent of "Third-Class Feast" in the [[General Roman Calendar of 1960]], and of its present rank of "[[Memorial (liturgy)|Memorial]]".<ref>[[General Roman Calendar]].</ref> In 1969 the celebration was moved to 30 April, the day before the anniversary of his death (1 May).

Cardinal [[John Henry Newman]] declared that "St. Pius V was stern and severe, as far as a heart burning and melted with divine love could be so ... Yet such energy and vigour as his were necessary for the times.  He was a soldier of Christ in a time of insurrection and rebellion, when in a spiritual sense, martial law was proclaimed."<ref name=Anderson>{{Cite book|title = St. Pius V: A Brief History of His Life, Times, Virtues and Miracles|last = Anderson|first = Robin|publisher = TAN|year = 1978|isbn = 978-0-89555-068-2|location = Rockford, IL|page = 46}}</ref>

[[File:Pius V head Wiki.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Portrait of Pius V by Pierre Le Gros on the tomb]]
The front of his tomb has a lid of gilded bronze which shows a likeness of the dead pope. Most of the time this is left open to allow the veneration of the saint's relics.

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