Giovanni

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Giovanni was the birth name of Pope Leo X, the influential early 16th-century head of the Catholic Church and a prominent patron of Renaissance art and culture.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Giovanni de' Medici 0

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic priest
human
patron of the arts
pope
appointedCardinalBy Pope Innocent VIII
associatedWith Florence
Rome
birthDate 1475-12-11
birthName Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici
birthPlace Florence
Republic of Florence NERFINISHED
burialPlace Santa Maria sopra Minerva
cardinalateStartDate 1489-03-09
countryOfCitizenship Republic of Florence NERFINISHED
deathDate 1521-12-01
deathPlace Papal States NERFINISHED
Rome
education humanist education in Florence
electedPopeDate 1513-03-09
era High Renaissance
Renaissance
father Lorenzo de' Medici
Lorenzo de' Medici
surface form: Lorenzo the Magnificent
knownFor lavish papal court
patronage of Renaissance art
role in early Reformation period
support of artists such as Raphael
languageUsed Italian
Latin
memberOf House of Medici
mother Clarice Orsini
motto Deus nobis haec otia fecit
name Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici
surface form: Giovanni de' Medici
notableEvent issue of indulgences that provoked Luther's 95 Theses
papacy during the beginning of Martin Luther's Reformation
papacyEndDate 1521-12-01
papacyStartDate 1513-03-11
papalName Pope Leo X
patronOf Michelangelo
Raphael
Renaissance humanists
positionHeld Pope
surface form: Bishop of Rome

Pope
Sovereign of the Papal States
predecessor Pope Julius II
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
sibling Giuliano de' Medici
surface form: Giuliano di Lorenzo de' Medici

Lucrezia de' Medici
Piero de' Medici
surface form: Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici
successor Pope Adrian VI

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Giovanni Boccaccio givenName Giovanni
Pope Leo X givenName Giovanni
John hasVariant Giovanni