Pape Leo X - Wikipedia
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Pape Leo X | |
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Installed | 9 Mairch 1513 (elected) 11 Mairch 1513 (proclaimed) |
Term endit | 1 December 1521 |
Predecessor | Julius II |
Successor | Adrian VI |
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Consecration | 17 Mairch 1513 bi Raffaele Sansone Riario |
Creatit Cardinal | 26 Mairch 1492 |
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Birth name | Giovanni de' Medici[1] |
Born | 11 December 1475 Florence, Republic o Florence |
Deed | 1 December 1521 (aged 45) Roum, Papal States |
Ither papes named Leo |
Pape Leo X (11 December 1475 – 1 December 1521), born Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, wis the heid o the Catholic Kirk frae 9 Mairch 1513 til his daith in 1521.[2] The seicont son o Lorenzo the Magnificent, ruler o the Florentine Republic, he wis promuived tae the cardinalate in 1489; subsequently promuivin tae the rank o cardinal-deacon.
- ↑ Vaughn, p. 5
- ↑ "The List of Popes". The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1911. Retrieved 4 Apryle 2013.