Oration “Si mihi” of Enea Silvio Piccolomini (25 March 1455, Wiener Neustadt). Edited and translated by Michael v. Cotta-Schönberg. Preliminary edition, 3rd version. (Orations of Enea Silvio Piccolomini / Pope Pius II; 24)

Abstract

The Imperial Diet of Wiener Neustadt, February to April 1455, was - as one of its most important subjects - to discuss the European reponse to the Turkish war of aggression and the urgently needed military aid to Hungary, the European frontier state directly facing the Turks. The Hungarian delegation arrived after the diet had opened on 25 February. It was given a special reception at which the Bishop of Grosswardein, Jan Vitez, gave the oration Pulsatis maerore, followed by an oration on behalf of the emperor, the Si mihi, given by Bishop Enea Silvio Piccolomini. The oration contains little new compared to Piccolomini’s former orations on the crusade against the Turks, especially the In hoc florentissimo, delivered at the opening session in February