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SAINT PIUS V, POPE AND CONFESSOR Saint Pius V, to the century Anthony, born the 17th of January 1504 in a place of Piedmont called Bosco Marengo (Alessandria), but coming from the noble Ghislieri family of Bologna, at the age of fourteen he entered the convent of the Order of Preachers of Voghera, taking the name of Michael. It could be noticed in him an admirable patience, profound humility, supreme austerity of life, continuous application to prayer and ardent zeal for regular observance and the glory of God. After completing his novitiate at the Vigevano convent, where he made his solemn vows in 1519, he devoted himself to the study of philosophy and theology at the studium of the convent. Noticed by the superiors for the extraordinary vivacity of intelligence and for the austerity of life, he was sent to the theological studium of the University of Bologna, where he received a solid preparation rigidly Thomistic.