Oration "Audivi" of Enea Silvio Piccolomini (16 November 1436, Basel). Edited and translated by Michael v. Cotta-Schönberg. Final Version. 2024. (Collected Orations of Pope Pius II; 1)
Abstract
On 16 November 1436, Enea Silvio Piccolomini delivered the oration Audivi to the fathers of the Council of Basel, concerning the venue for the Union Council between the Latin Church and the Greek Church. He argued for the City of Pavia in the territory of the Duke of Milan. The oration reflected the tensions between conciliarism and the Papacy, between the European countries, and between the Italian powers, including the Papal States. Piccolomini used the occasion to demonstrate his rhetorical skills and humanist learning to the council fathers.
Keywords
King Charles VII
Italian humanism
The Renaissance
Pavia
France
Pope Eugenius IV
Milan
The Council of Basle
Conciliarism
The Papal States
The Papacy
Genoa
Venice
The Council of Basel
origin of the Turks
Duke Filippo Maria Visconti
Duke Philip Mary Visconti
Pope Eugene IV
Æneas Silvius Piccolomini
Pope Pius II
Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini
Enea Silvio Piccolomini
Renaissance orations
Renaissance oratory
Renaissance rhetorics
1436
15th century
Simon Charles
Milano
Papa Eugenio V
Papa Pio II
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