found. He had also amassed a collection of 800 gemstones. William Francis Barry considers that his character was "misunderstood by the Italian courts which never dreamt that a Pope could be an honourable man". In statecraft, Paul II lacked eminence and achieved nothing of consequence for Italy. In his own domain, however, he terminated the regime of the counts of Anguillara in 1465. See also Cardinals created by Paul II Notes References External links 1417 births 1471 deaths Italian LGBT people Popes from Venice 15th-century Venetian people 15th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops Bishops of Vicenza Cardinal-nephews Renaissance Papacy 15th-century popes 15th-century Italian cardinals Barbo family Correr family Popes Burials at St. Peter's Basilica Abbots of Monte Cassino