Saint Pius V

The life of every Christian is a battle, and Saint Pius V offers us a luminous example of leadership in a time of trial. Pope Pius V's pontificate took place in an era when the Catholic Church faced two terrible enemies.

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.

Saint Pius V, Pope of the Holy Rosary is a fantastic history of Saint Pius V's reign.

This is a comprehensive history of one of Catholicism's most influential popes, Pius V.