{"id":"pope-marcellus-ii","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-marcellus-ii","language":"en","name":"Pope Marcellus II","name_en":"Pope Marcellus II","name_ne":null,"description":"Pope of the Catholic Church and bishop of Rome from 9 April to 1 May 1555","headline":"Pope of the Catholic Church and bishop of Rome from 9 April to 1 May 1555","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Pope Marcellus II (Italian: Marcello II; 6 May 1501 – 1 May 1555), born Marcello Cervini degli Spannocchi, was head of the Catholic Church and leader of the Papal States from 10 April 1555 to his death, 22 days later.","summary_more":["Marcellus succeeded Pope Julius III. Before his accession as pope he had been Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme. He is the most recent pope to choose to retain his birth name as his regnal name upon his accession, and the most recent pope with the regnal name \"Marcellus\".","Marcello Cervini's father, Ricardo Cervini, was a personal friend of Pope Clement VII. Cervini served in the household of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese. When Farnese became Pope Paul III, Cervini served as his secretary and was employed on a number of diplomatic missions. On 10 April 1555, he was elected to succeed Pope Julius III. He died of a stroke twenty-two days later."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"6 May 1501","date":"1501-05-06"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101776#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Montefano","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83113"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101776#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"1 May 1555","date":"1555-05-01"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101776#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Rome","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q220"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101776#P20"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"Catholic priest","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q250867","start":"1535"},{"text":"librarian","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182436"},{"text":"Catholic bishop","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q611644","start":"1555-04-10"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101776#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"University of Siena","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1245999"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101776#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Pope (19 April 1555 – 1 May 1555)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19546","start":"1555-04-19","end":"1555-05-01"},{"text":"Prefect of the Vatican Library (24 May 1550 – 9 April 1555)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19823475","start":"1550-05-24","end":"1555-04-09"},{"text":"Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals (since 1545)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1813197","start":"1545"},{"text":"Roman Catholic Bishop of Gubbio (since 29 February 1544)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105566491","start":"1544-02-29"},{"text":"Roman Catholic Bishop of Reggio Emilia (since 24 September 1540)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q135412494","start":"1540-09-24"},{"text":"cardinal (since 19 December 1539)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45722","start":"1539-12-19"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101776#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Marcellus_II","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101776"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Pope Marcellus II born?","a":"Pope Marcellus II was born on 6 May 1501 in Montefano."},{"q":"What positions has Pope Marcellus II held?","a":"Positions held by Pope Marcellus II include: Pope (1555–1555); Prefect of the Vatican Library (1550–1555); Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals (since 1545); Roman Catholic Bishop of Gubbio (since 29 February 1544); Roman Catholic Bishop of Reggio Emilia (since 24 September 1540)."},{"q":"Where did Pope Marcellus II study?","a":"Pope Marcellus II was educated at University of Siena."}],"related":[{"name":"Pope Telesphorus","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-telesphorus"},{"name":"Pope Gregory XIII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-gregory-xiii"},{"name":"Pope Clement VII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-clement-vii"},{"name":"Pope Pius I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-pius-i"},{"name":"Pope Boniface I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-boniface-i"},{"name":"Pope Agapetus I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-agapetus-i"},{"name":"Jean-Louis Bruguès","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jean-louis-brugues"},{"name":"Pope Innocent VIII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-innocent-viii"},{"name":"Pope Innocent X","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-innocent-x"},{"name":"Pope Innocent XI","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-innocent-xi"},{"name":"Pope Paul II","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-paul-ii"},{"name":"Pope Paul IV","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-paul-iv"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/pope-marcellus-ii-be22e908d8.jpg","width":500,"height":646,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Workshop of Italian art schools of the Renaissance","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Pope_Marcellus_II_Cervini_(Vatican_Museums_-_Musei_Vaticani,_Vatican).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Pope Marcellus II","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Marcellus_II","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q101776","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101776","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Portrait of Pope Marcellus II Cervini (Vatican Museums - Musei Vaticani, Vatican).jpg by Workshop of Italian art schools of the Renaissance (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Pope_Marcellus_II_Cervini_(Vatican_Museums_-_Musei_Vaticani,_Vatican).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Pope Marcellus II, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Portrait of Pope Marcellus II Cervini (Vatican Museums - Musei Vaticani, Vatican).jpg — Workshop of Italian art schools of the Renaissance, Public domain.","cite":"\"Pope Marcellus II\". DigiNepal. Last updated 3 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/pope-marcellus-ii. Retrieved 5 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-03T06:43:32Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-04","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-marcellus-ii","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-marcellus-ii","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-marcellus-ii?lang=ne"}}