Editing Pope Eugene IV (section)

==Death and legacy==
[[File:San Salvatore in Lauro Grabmal Eugen IV.JPG|right|200px|thumb|The tomb of Pope Eugene IV in [[San Salvatore in Lauro]]]]
[[File:Papa Eugenio IV.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Statue of Pope Eugene at the [[Florence Cathedral]]]]

Although his pontificate had been so stormy and unhappy that he is said to have regretted on his deathbed that he ever left his monastery,<ref name=EB1911/><ref name=Watanabe>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UAGiAgAAQBAJ&q=pope+eugene+iv&pg=PA114 |last=Watanabe |first=Morimichi |title=Nicholas of Cusa – A Companion to his Life and his Times |publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |year=2013 |isbn=9781409482536}}</ref> Eugene IV's victory over the Council of Basel and his efforts on behalf of church unity nevertheless contributed greatly to the breakdown of the conciliar movement and restored the papacy to a semblance of the dominant position it had held before the [[Western Schism]] (1378–1417).<ref name=EB1911/> This victory had been gained, however, by making concessions to the princes of Europe. Thereafter, the papacy had to depend more for its revenues on the Papal States.

Eugene was dignified in demeanour, but inexperienced and vacillating in action and excitable in temper. Bitter in his hatred of [[heresy]], he nevertheless displayed great kindness to the poor. He laboured to reform the [[Monasticism|monastic]] orders, especially the [[Franciscans]], and was never guilty of [[nepotism]]. Although austere in his private life, he was a sincere friend of [[art]] and learning, and in 1431 he re-established the [[university]] at Rome.<ref name=EB1911>{{EB1911|wstitle=Eugenius/Eugenius IV|display=Eugenius IV|inline=1}}</ref> He also consecrated [[Florence Cathedral]] on 25 March 1436.

Eugene died in Rome on 23 February 1447,<ref>Eubel II, pp. 7; 29, no. 101. Kelly and Walsh, ''Oxford Dictionary of Popes'', p. 244.</ref> and was buried at Saint Peter's by the [[list of extant papal tombs|tomb of Pope Eugene III]]. Later his tomb was transferred to [[San Salvatore in Lauro]], a parish church on the other bank of the [[Tiber River]].