点评:This imposing marble figure of Pope Sixtus V faces onto the main square, Piazza della Madonna. It has a prominent position by the entrance of the Basilica of the Holy House.
He was an important Pope in Loreto. He elevated Loreto to the status of a town, beefed up fortifications and built the current facade of the basilica. Sixtus V was Pope for 5 years, from 1585 - 1590.
Overall, he is remembered as a successful Pope, who cleaned up and rebuilt Rome, restoring law and order, and wealth to the Papal States. He raised funds rather than squandering them as some earlier popes had done. He instigated building works, including the Vatican Library and completed St. Peter’s dome, and he attended to practical matters, building aqueducts throughout Rome and supplying the city with a reliable water source.
However it’s fair to say that he was one of the more severe popes. To return order throughout Italy, he had thousands of criminals and their gangs executed. Many of the heads went onto pikes and were displayed across Rome. In foreign affairs, he declared Queen Elizabeth I a heretic and excommunicated her with a Papal Bull. He took a fairly ruthless adultery and abortion and was keen to introduce the Old Testament death penalty for adultery. He’d have also quite liked to execute clergy who were not celibate but not surprisingly he couldn’t whip up enough support among his cardinals and the other clergy for this measure.
翻译:这座宏伟的教皇西克斯图斯五世大理石雕像面向主广场麦当娜广场。它位于圣殿大教堂入口处的显眼位置。
他是洛雷托一位重要的教皇。他将洛雷托提升为城镇,加固了防御工事,并建造了大教堂现在的外观。西克斯图斯五世 (Sixtus V) 于 1585 年至 1590 年间担任教皇 5 年。
总的来说,他被认为是一位成功的教皇,他清理并重建了罗马,恢复了法律和秩序,并为教皇国带来了财富。他筹集资金,而不是像一些早期教皇那样挥霍资金。他发起了建筑工程,包括梵蒂冈图书馆和完成了圣彼得大教堂的圆顶,他还关注实际事务,在罗马各地修建渡槽,为城市提供可靠的水源。
然而,公平地说,他是较为严厉的教皇之一。为了恢复整个意大利的秩序,他处决了数千名罪犯及其团伙。许多头像挂在长矛上并在罗马各地展示。在外交事务上,他宣布伊丽莎白一世女王为异端分子,并颁布教皇训令将她逐出教会。他对通奸和堕胎采取了相当残酷的做法,并热衷于引入旧约中对通奸的死刑。他也很想处决非独身的神职人员,但毫不奇怪的是,他无法在他的红衣主教和其他神职人员中为这项措施获得足够的支持。