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Pius II Pope Pius II ( la, Pius PP. II, it, Pio II), born Enea Silvio Bartolomeo Piccolomini ( la, Aeneas Silvius Bartholomeus, links=no; 18 October 1405 – 14 August 1464), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 August ...

(r. 1458–1464) created thirteen new cardinals in three consistories:

5 March 1460

Angelo Capranica Angelo Capranica (c. 1415 -1478) (called the Cardinal of Santa Croce or the Cardinal of Rieti) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. Biography Angelo Capranica was born in Rome around 1415, the son of de Niccoló Pantagati da Capr ...

, bishop of Rieti – cardinal priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme (received the title on 26 March 1460), then cardinal bishop of Palestrina (11 December 1472), died 3 July 1478 # Berardo Eroli, bishop of Spoleto – cardinal priest of S. Sabina (received the title on 19 March 1460), then cardinal bishop of Sabina (23 May 1474), died 2 April 1479 # Niccolò Fortiguerra, bishop of Chieti – cardinal priest of S. Cecilia (received the title on 19 March 1460), died 21 December 1473 # Alessandro Oliva, O.E.S.A., prior general of his order – cardinal priest of S. Susanna (received the title on 19 March 1460), died 20 August 1463 # Francesco Nanni-Todeschini-Piccolomini, nephew of the Pope, administrator of the see of Siena – cardinal deacon of S. Eustachio (received the title on 26 March 1460), on 22 September 1503 became Pope Pius III, died 18 October 1503 #

Burkhard Weisbriach Burkhard von Weisbriach (1420/23–1466) was a German Roman Catholic cardinal and Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg from 1461 until his death. Biography He was probably born at Weißpriach Castle in the Salzburg Lungau region about 1420 or 1423, the ...

, archbishop of

Salzburg Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label=Austro-Bavarian) is the fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872. The town is on the site of the Roman settlement of ''Iuvavum''. Salzburg was founded ...

(created

in pectore ''In pectore'' (Latin for "in the breast/heart") is a term used in the Catholic Church for an action, decision, or document which is meant to be kept secret. It is most often used when there is a papal appointment to the College of Cardinals wi ...

, published on 31 May 1462) – cardinal priest of SS. Nereo ed Achilleo (received the title on 31 May 1462), died 16 February 1466

18 December 1461

Bartolomeo Roverella Bartolomeo Roverella (1406–1476) (called the Cardinal of Ravenna) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. Biography Bartolomeo Roverella was born in Rovigo in 1406, the son of Palatine Count Giovanni Roverella (camerlengo of Leo ...

, archbishop of Ravenna – cardinal priest of S. Clemente (received the title on 26 January 1464), died 2 May 1476 #

Jean Jouffroy Jean Jouffroy (c. 1412–1473) was a French prelate and diplomat. He was born at Luxeuil-les-Bains ( Haute-Saône). After entering the Benedictine order and teaching at the university of Pavia from 1435 to 1438, he became almoner to Philip the ...

, bishop of Arras – cardinal priest of SS. Silvestro e Martino (received the title on 16 March 1462), died in November 1473 # Jaime Cardona, bishop of Urgel – cardinal priest without the title, died 1 December 1466 # Louis d'Albret, bishop of Cahors – cardinal priest of SS. Marcellino e Pietro (received the title on 31 May 1462), died 4 September 1465 # Jacopo Piccolomini-Ammannati, bishop of Pavia – cardinal priest of S. Crisogono (received the title on 8 January 1462), then cardinal bishop of Frascati (17 August 1477), died 10 September 1479 # Francesco Gonzaga, protonotary apostolic – cardinal deacon of S. Maria Nuova (received the title on 2 April 1462), died 21 October 1483

31 May 1462

* Johann von Eych (d. 1464), Bishop of Eichstätt 1445-64

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*{{cite web, authorlink=Salvador Miranda (historian) , last=Miranda , first=Salvador , title=Consistories for the creation of Cardinals, 15th Century (1394-1503): Pius II (1458-1464), url=https://cardinals.fiu.edu/consistories-xv.htm#PiusII, work=The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church , accessdate=, publisher=

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