 The change in name of Corsignano was carried out by the Senate of Siena, at the suggestion of Pope Pius, on 1 June 1462.On 29 August 1462, the Feast of the cutting off ("decollazione") of the head of John the Baptist, the completed cathedral was dedicated by Cardinal Guillaume d'Estouteville, Bishop of Ostia, though the Pope personally dedicated the high altar.The cathedral was named the Cathedral of the taking up of the body (Assumption) of the Virgin Mary into heaven.