St. Pius V: 1566-1572: His Life, Times, Virtues and Miracles in the Aftermath of the Protestant Revolt

forward by Cdl. Ottaviani Pope St. Pius V's rosary bull, [*Consueverunt Romani Pontifices*](https://isidore.co/forum/index.php?topic=155.msg393#msg393) (1569) * * * In an incredible pontificate of 6 years; he vigorously promulgated the decrees of the Council of Trent (1545-1563); issued the Roman Missal; the revised Breviary and the Catechism of the Council of Trent; excommunicated Elizabeth I of England; established the Index of Forbidden Books; chose 314 bishops; wrote hundreds of bulls; and defeated the Turks at Lepanto in 1571; terminating their dominance of the Mediterranean Sea-all remarkably told in a short; readable biography. * * * Pope St. Pius V was the author of Quo Primum / Tridentine Missal, promoter of the rosary, unifier of continental Europe, excommunicator of Queen Elizabeth, denier of the Polish king's annulment request, commander-in-chief of the Battle of Lepanto, a real "powerhouse" during his short reign! 😄 constitution [*Cum primum*](https://www.traditioninaction.org/religious/n134_Sodomy_10.htm): "If someone commits that nefarious crime against nature that caused divine wrath to be unleashed against the children of iniquity, he will be given over to the secular arm for punishment [of death]; and if he is a cleric, he will be subject to the same punishment after having been stripped of all his degrees [of ecclesiastical dignity]."