Orations of Enea Silvio Piccolomini / Pope Pius II; 18

Published as part of project: Edition and translation of the Orations of Enea Silvio Picolomini / Pope Pius IIOn 8 March 1452 Emperor Friedrich III with his betrothed wife, Princess Leonora of Portugal, and a large and brilliant entourage arrived at the gates of Rome for his imperial coronation. The following day, he entered Rome and paid reverence to Pope Nicolaus V in front of Saint Peter’s Basilica. On this occasion, the high-ranking imperial diplomat, Enea Silvio Piccolomini, Bishop of Siena, was commanded to deliver an oration, the “Quam laetus quamque secundus”. In his speech, Piccolomini saluted the pope in the name of the emperor, spoke on the importance of the occasion, and formally introduced the principal members of the emperor’s party