Commentaries, Volume 3

Commentaries by Pius II (1405–1464)—the only autobiography ever written by a pope—was composed in elegant humanistic Latin modeled on Caesar and Cicero. This edition contains a fresh Latin text based on the last manuscript written in Pius’s lifetime and an updated and corrected version of the 1937 translation by Florence Alden Gragg.

Comentariile lui Pius II (1405 1464) - singura autobiografie scrisa vreodata de un papa - au fost compuse intr-o latina eleganta umanista, modelata pe Cezar si Cicero. Aceasta editie contine un text latin nou, bazat pe ultimul manuscris scris in viata lui Pius si o versiune actualizata si corectata a traducerii din 1937 de Florence Alden Gragg.