# Pope Marcellus II - Pope

URL: https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-marcellus-ii
Pontificate: 9 April 1555 – 1 May 1555
Number in the papal list: 222
Born-Died: 1501 - 1555
Papal era: Counter-Reformation
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Marcellus_II

Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Last to use his birth name as his papal name.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Pope Julius III](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-julius-iii)
- Next in list: [Pope Paul IV](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-paul-iv)

## Timeline events during this pontificate
- 1555 - [Peace of Augsburg](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1555-peace-of-augsburg)