Renaissance Popes
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John XII
http://lasereraser.blogspot.com/2004_05_01_lasereraser_archive.htm
- Elected
Pope at the age of 18, December 955
- scandalous
womanizer who was accused of sacralige, simony, perjury, murder,
adultery, and incest
- deposed
while hiding from the law
- Restored
the Holy Roman Empire
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Pope Urban VI
http://www.italycyberguide.com/History/popes/14th.htm
- Unanimously
voted as Pope by the French Cardinals because the people demanded an
Italian Pope
- Insane
lunatic, which caused the cardinals to elect a second Pope therefore
beginning the Great Schism
- Imprisoned
in Nocera but escaped
- Proclaimed
crusade against Clement
- Died
of injuries caused by falling from his mule
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Pope Sixtus IV
http://www.italycyberguide.com/History/popes/15th.htm
- He
had the Sistine Chapel built
- Participated
in Pazzi conspiracy, to overthrow Medici family, enlarge papal
territory, and to enrich his nephew’s status
- Suppressed
abuses of Inquisition
- Launched
a pointless crusade against the Turks
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Pope Innocent VIII
http://www.italycyberguide.com/History/popes/15th.htm
- Had
3 illegitimate children before papacy
- Wasted
a lot of money trying to live like a prince, and almost pawned off the
papal tiara to a Roman Merchant to gain some money back
- Made
a treaty with the Turks and received a large sum of money from them
every year, plus the Holy Lance
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Pope Alexander VI
http://www.italycyberguide.com/History/popes/15th.htm
- 1sd
of the Borgia Popes
- Liked
to eat, drink, and gamble
- Murderer
(who)
- Obtained
papacy by bribing cardinals to vote for him
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Pope Julius II
http://www.italycyberguide.com/History/popes/16th.htm
- He
turned the Vatican into his own country and wanted to extend it but
didn’t succeed
- Bribed
cardinals with money to vote him as Pope
- Had
Sistine Chapel repainted and the new St. Peters Basilica built
- If
there was a disagreement he would just go to war to solve it,
sometimes even armoring himself and fighting with his troops
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Pope Leo X
http://www.italycyberguide.com/History/popes/16th.htm
- Elected
Pope at the age of 38, March 1513
- He
was pope when the Protestant Reformation began
- He
engaged in expensive construction and military campaigns, and spent a
large amount of money on himself which put the church in major debt
- He
tried to make some of the money back by charging more money for
indulgences and church offices
- Rode
a white elephant through parades
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Pope Clement VII
http://www.italycyberguide.com/History/popes/16th.htm
- Refused
to give King Henry VIII an annulment of his marriage to Catherine of
Aragon, which caused England to split away from the Roman church
- He
had a very bad relationship with emperor Charles V, who sacked Rome
and imprisoned Pope Clement VII
- Gave
up a lot of secular and religious power to get out
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