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CHARACTER OF THE NEW POPE. 53
him look, as an ambassador wrote, as if he were but skin and
bones, ^ inspired awe. Everyone felt that he was in the
presence of a man of unshakeable firmness, and of a profound
seriousness, which, far removed from anything of this world,
was fixed entirely upon spiritual things.
Pius V. was so imbued with the responsibilities of his office
that he looked upon it as an obstacle in the way of his salvation.
It was, indeed, obvious how much his new dignity weighed
down this man, who would have wished above all things to
have remained a friar. ^ It was only in the quiet of his convent,
he would say with many sighs, that he had known real peace
of conscience, and that already before this, his dignities, both
(Venice, 1569), is in Muntz, III., 33. Rome is very rich in oil
paintings of Pius V. They are to be seen at S. Silvestro al Quirinale,
at SS. Domenico e Sisto (first altar on the left, and probably
from the monastery founded by Pius V. ; see Nibby, I., 209),
in the Vatican Library and in the palace of the Holy Office. The
best of these portraits, which shows a full length figure of the
Pope, who is seated, is by Scipione Pulzone, and is in the Colonna
Gallery, Rome. Another copy is in the Collegio Ghislieri at
Pavia (reproduced in Dell'Acqua, Pio V, Milan. 1904), and a
third in the convent of the Dominicans in Milan. In Bargellini,
Etruria merid., Bergamo, 1909, 132, there is a reproduction of the
fairly good portrait in the Cathedral at Sutri. The well known
portrait of Pius V. by Dom. Muratori only dates from the beginning
of the XVIIIth century ; the original is in his cell at S. Sabina ;
see Cosmos illustr., 1904, 3. The marble bust of Pius V. at the
Trinita dei Monti on the tomb of Cardinal Carpi, erected by the
Pope in 1568 (see Forcella, III., 125) is no longer in existence.
The statue at S. Croce at Bosco (see Dell'Acqua, 44) represents
the Pope kneeling ; the seated figure on his tomb in S. Maria
Maggiore is the work of Lionardo da Sarzana. A later, but
excellent, portrait of Pius V. in profile (Italian work) is in the
Museum at Copenhagen. For the arms of Pius V. see Pasini-
Frassoni, Armorial des Papes, Rome, 1906, 38.
^Report of Cusano of January 26, 1566. State Archives,
Vienna.
^ See the *letter of Cusano of March 2, 1566. State Archives,
Vienna. Cf. Polanci Epist. in Anal. Bolland., VII., 46.