Giulio de’ Medici

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Giulio de’ Medici, later Pope Clement VII, was a powerful 16th-century Italian cleric and statesman from the influential Medici family who played a central role in the politics and religious conflicts of his time.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian statesman
Renaissance figure
cardinal
human
pope
alliance League of Cognac
alsoKnownAs Pope Clement VII
surface form: Clement VII

Pope Clement VII
birthDate 1478-05-26
birthPlace Florence
Republic of Florence
burialPlace Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva
cardinalateStartDate 1513-09-23
commissioned Medici Chapel
surface form: New Sacristy (Medici Chapel) in San Lorenzo, Florence
conflict Italian Wars
countryOfCitizenship Republic of Florence
createdCardinalBy Pope Leo X
deathDate 1534-09-25
deathPlace Papal States
Rome
electedPopeOn 1523-11-19
era High Renaissance
Reformation
father Giuliano de' Medici
surface form: Giuliano de’ Medici
illegitimateChildOf Giuliano de' Medici
surface form: Giuliano de’ Medici
memberOf House of Medici
mother Fioretta Gorini
notableEvent English Reformation crisis under Henry VIII
Sack of Rome (1527)
notableFor Medici dynastic politics in Florence
central role in European politics of the early 16th century
involvement in the beginnings of the English Reformation
opposed Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
surface form: Emperor Charles V
ordinalInOffice 219th pope
papacyEndDate 1534-09-25
papacyStartDate 1523-11-19
papalName Pope Clement VII
surface form: Clement VII
patronOf Michelangelo
arts
positionHeld Archbishop of Florence
Cardinal
Pope
Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church
predecessor Pope Adrian VI
relative Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici
surface form: Giovanni de’ Medici (Pope Leo X)

Lorenzo de' Medici
surface form: Lorenzo de’ Medici

Pope Leo X
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
roleInEvent pope during the Sack of Rome (1527)
refused annulment of Henry VIII’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon
successor Pope Paul III

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Pope Clement VII birthName Giulio de’ Medici
Medici Chapel commissionedBy Giulio de’ Medici
this entity surface form: Cardinal Giulio de' Medici
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana patron Giulio de’ Medici
this entity surface form: Giulio de' Medici
Medici family member Giulio de’ Medici
this entity surface form: Giulio de' Medici (Pope Clement VII)