Pope Paul III

Alessandro Farnese, Pope Paul III, initiated the Catholic Reformation by convening the Council of Trent (1545-1563), approving the Jesuit order (1540), and issuing the Sublimis Deus bull (1537) declaring that indigenous Americans were rational beings with souls who could not be enslaved.

• Lived: 1468 CE – 1549 CE
• Nationality: italian
• Roles: pope, reformer, head_of_state

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