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Yes. I believe I may have accidentally gotten pope pius V mixed up with pope pius VI. New may be culpa. My reference was to pius VI’s Edict over the Hebrew —1775 called Editto sopra gli ebrei, “Edict over the Hebrew.” you can find not only the few items I mentioned but actually a full 24 clauses in that anti- Semitic edict Here though is pope pius V’s opening paragraph when he expelled Jewish residents from most of the then- Papsl states. (Note: He also encouraged neighboring states to force Jewish people into ghettos - which ensued/ happened in several of them). The Bull Hebraeorum gens (”The Jewish Race”) 1569, of Saint Pius V, which expelled Jews from some of the Papal states, began with these words:

“The Jewish people fell from the heights because of their faithlessness and condemned their Redeemer to a shameful death. Their godlessness has assumed such forms that, for the salvation of our own people, it becomes necessary to prevent their disease. Besides usury, through which Jews everywhere have sucked dry the property of impoverished Christians, they are accomplices of thieves and robbers; and the most damaging aspect of the matter is that they allure the unsuspecting through magical incantations, superstition, and witchcraft to the Synagogue of Satan and boast of being able to predict the future. We have carefully investigated how this revolting sect abuses the name of Christ and how harmful they are to those whose life is threatened by their deceit. On account of these and other serious matters, and because of the gravity of their crimes which increase day to day more and more, We order that, within 90 days, all Jews in our entire earthly realm of justice — in all towns, districts, and places — must depart these regions.”