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Pope Leo X (Italian: Leone X; born Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, 11 December 1475 – 1 December 1521) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 9 March 1513 to his death, in December 1521.
Aug 6, 2024 · Leo X was one of the leading Renaissance popes (reigned 1513–21). He made Rome a cultural center and a political power, but he depleted the papal treasury. By failing to take the Protestant Reformation seriously, he contributed to the dissolution of the Western church.
Pope Leo X was the 217th leader of the Catholic Church and the 10th among that lot to take the name “Leo.” Born Giovanni de’ Medici, Pope Leo X’s papacy took place during the Renaissance. His rise from the renowned Medici clan of Florence to the papal seat in 1513 began a period that reshaped European Christianity.
Leo X, POPE (GIOVANNI DE’ MEDICI), b. at Florence, December 11, 1475; d. at Rome, December 1, 1521, was the second son of Lorenzo the Magnificent (1469-1492) and Clarice Orsini, and from his earliest youth was destined for the Church.
Aug 6, 2024 · Published in 1521, the bull excommunicated the German Protestant reformer Martin Luther from the Roman Catholic Church. (more) By the following year (1518) Luther’s ideas had reached Rome, and Leo ordered the head of the Augustinian order, of which Luther was a member, to silence him.
Pope Leo X, born Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici (December 11, 1475 - December 1, 1521) was Pope from 1513 to his death. He is known primarily for his papal bull against Martin Luther and subsequent failure to stem the Protestant Reformation, which began during his reign when Martin Luther (1483–1546) published the 95 Theses and nailed them to ...
The reign of Pope Leo X (Giovanni Damaso Romolo de’ Medici, b. 1475–d. 1521, pope 1512–1521) was conspicuously important for two main reasons. First, under his patronage, Rome became the center of the High Renaissance, attracting some of the most famous artists and writers of the period.
Leo X, orig. Giovanni de’ Medici, (born Dec. 11, 1475, Florence—died Dec. 1, 1521, Rome), Pope (1513–21), one of the most extravagant of the Renaissance pontiffs. The second son of Lorenzo de’ Medici, he was educated at his father’s court in Florence and at the University of Pisa.
Leo X 1475–1521 Pope. Pope Leo X played a strong role in efforts to protect the church and its lands. He worked to promote the spread of Catholicism and keep foreign invaders out of Italy. In addition, Leo was an important patron* of artists and humanists*.
217th Pope of the Catholic Church.
