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Dec 14, 2019 · > Popes > Why Pope Julius II May Be the Most Important Pope in History. Even though Pope Julius II was only Pope for ten years between 1503 to 1513, it is still incredible to see the influence that his papacy still has in the Vatican today. The 216 th Pope is truly one to remember.
May 31, 2022 · In the roughly ten years that Julius II sat on the throne of St. Peter, he drastically changed the face of the Papacy. He established the Pope as a monarch of sorts with the establishment of...
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May 25, 2011 · Julius II (Giuliano della Rovere, b. 1443–d. 1513, pope 1503–1513) is best known as the “warrior pope” who used warfare to accomplish his ends of gaining control of the Papal States after the alienation of sections to Cesare Borgia, the incursions and confiscation of the Venetians, and the rebellion of local lords.
Julius II viewed as the main task of his pontificate the restoration of the Papal States, which had been reduced to ruin by the Borgias. Large portions of it had been appropriated by Venice after Alexander VI’s death. As a first step as pope, Julius subjugated Perugia and Bologna in the autumn of 1508.
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Julius ii and Leo X (Ad 1503-1521) Sketches of Church History, from AD 33 to the Reformation — J. C. Roberston. Alexander VI was succeeded by a pope who took the title of Pius III, and who lived only six and twenty days after his election. And after Pius came Julius II, who was pope from 1503 to 1513, and Leo X, who lived to the year 1521.
Julius II was now again supreme temporal master over the entire Pontifical States, but his national pride extended beyond the Patrimony of St. Peter. His ambition was to free the whole of Italy from its subjection to foreign powers, and especially to deliver it from the galling yoke of France .
Nicknamed the Warrior Pope, Battle Pope or the Fearsome Pope, he chose his papal name not in honour of Pope Julius I but in emulation of Julius Caesar. [1] One of the most powerful and influential popes, Julius II was a central figure of the High Renaissance and left a significant cultural and political legacy. [2]
