Painting by Italian artist Sebastian Ricci “Pius V, Saints Peter and Thomas Aquinas”. The size of the painting is 343 x 169 cm, oil on canvas. This painting was painted by the painter in honor of the canonization of Pope Pius V. The sketch was created in 1712, the painting was completed in 1733. Pius V, the saint, Pope of Rome since 1566.
From the age of fourteen he was a Dominican monk, from 1555 an inquisitor in Rome; Bishop Nepi, Cardinal. He sought compliance with the decrees of the Council of Trent and fought the Reformation with the help of the Inquisition.
He excommunicated Queen Elizabeth I of England, which weakened the position of the Roman Church in England. Created an anti-Turkish league that defeated the Turkish fleet near Lepanto in 1571. Canonized in 1712, the memory of the saint is honored in the Catholic Church on May 5.