Pope Sixtus V
In only five years Sixtus V transformed Rome. He laid out great straight streets linking its basilicas, raised Egyptian obelisks in its squares, brought water to the city by a new aqueduct, and saw the dome of Saint Peter’s completed in 1590. He also moved the Scala Sancta to its present building and reorganized the Roman Curia into congregations.
- Pontificate
- 24 April 1585 – 27 August 1590 (5 years, 4 months)
- Birth name
- Felice Piergentile
- Born
- 23 December 1521, Grottammare
- Died
- 27 August 1590, Rome
- Preceded by
- Pope Gregory XIII
- Succeeded by
- Pope Urban VII
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