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Who confirmed the decrees of the Council of Trent in 1564?

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Painting by Nicolo Dorigati showing the opening session of the Council of Trent, with clergy in white robes seated in a grand cathedral and an altar at the center.
Council of Trent Opening session of the Council of Trent in 1545, depicted by Nicolò Dorigati, 1711; in the Museo Diocesano Tridentino, Trento, Italy.

Pope Pius IV confirmed the decrees of the Council of Trent in 1564 through his papal bull Benedictus Deus, issued on January 26, 1564.123