Personal Life
Pius IV was a nepotist. Among the relatives he favoured, the main figure is that of Carlo Borromeo, who became a leading figure in the counter-Reformation and a Catholic saint.
Under his reign Michelangelo re-built the basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli (in the Diocletian's Baths) and the eponymous Villa Pia, now known as Casina Pio IV and headquarters of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, was designed by Pirro Ligorio in the Vatican Gardens.
Katherine Rinne said in her book Waters of Rome that Pius IV also ordered public construction to improve water supply of the Rome city.
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