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had, so to speak, passed through every grade of the Church's
army. It had not been on account of his birth, nor by the
favour of princes, nor by intrigue, but merely in virtue of his
zeal in the service of the Church, that the strict religious had
become in turn Prior, Inquisitor, Bishop, Cardinal, and at
last Pope. His life, spent in unwearied labours, and amid
penances and privations of every kind, had left its manifest
traces upon his bodily strength. Although he was only
sixty-two, his emaciated figure, with bald head and his long
white beard, gave the impression of an old man. He was of
middle height, with small eyes, but a keen sight, an aquiKne
nose, clear and healthy complexion, and strongly marked
features.^ The general impression of asceticism, which made
^ For the physical appearance and natural characteristics of
Pius v., see the famous description by Tiepolo in 1566 (Relazione,
169 seq.) according to which the new Pope stands out in contrast
to the dead Pius IV. " in luminoso contrasto e meravigliosa
richezza " (Andreas, 106), though his great spirituality seems
exaggerated in more than one respect. Cf. also the Ritratto di
Pio V. of M. Soriano (Albert, II., 200 seq.), the " Informatione
delle qualita di Pio V. e delle cose che da quello dipendono,"
written in November, 1566, and July, 1567, and published by
VAN Ortroy in Anal. Bolland., XXIII. (1914), 192 seq., and in
App. nn. 7 and 8 the *report of C. Luzzara of Mar. 27, 1566, Gon-
zaga Archives, Mantua. The markedly ascetic traits of Pius V.'s
features are clearly shown in his medals, especially that of Giov.
Antonio Rossi (see Vasari, V., 387 ; Armand, Medailleurs ital.,
Paris, 1879 ; M£jntz, III., 242 ; Mortier, S. Maria della Querela,
161). For two other medals of Pius V. see De Foville, Medailles
de la Renaissance in the Revue niimismat., XVIII. (1914), i.
There is a beautiful cameo of the head of Pius V. in the Museo
Cristiano at the Vatican. Of the many engravings on copper,
which depict Pius V., special mention may be made of those by
Beatrizet [cf. Hubner, Le statue di Roma, I., 35), by Niccolo
Nelli (Pius V. aetat. LXIII. A. 1567 ;
a copy in the collection of
engravings in the gallery at Munich), that by Philippus Soius
(Soye, died 1567) made for O. Panvinio, that of Moncornet and
F. van Hiilsen (good copies in the Imperial Familien-Fideikommiss
library at Vienna). The engraving in the " Imagines " of F. Zenoi