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    Pope Julius II (Latin: Iulius II; Italian: Giulio II; born Giuliano della Rovere; 5 December 1443 – 21 February 1513) was head of the Catholic Church and...
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    The Tomb of Pope Julius II is a sculptural and architectural ensemble by Michelangelo and his assistants, originally commissioned in 1505 but not completed...
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    Portrait of Pope Julius II is an oil painting of 1511–1512 by the Italian High Renaissance painter Raphael. The portrait of Pope Julius II was unusual...
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  • Pope Julius could refer to: Pope Julius I (337–352) Pope Julius II, (1503–1513) The Warrior Pope Pope Julius (game), a card game thought to be named after...
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    succeeded Pope Julius III. Before his accession as pope he had been Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme. He is the most recent pope to choose...
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    Pope Julius II (reigned 1503–1513), commissioned a series of highly influential art and architecture projects in the Vatican. The painting of the Sistine...
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    Pope Julius III (Latin: Iulius PP. III; Italian: Giulio III; 10 September 1487 – 23 March 1555), born Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte, was head of the...
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    Pope Julius II died and was succeeded by Pope Leo X, the second son of Lorenzo de' Medici. From 1513 to 1516, Pope Leo was on good terms with Pope Julius's...
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    commonly called, were originally intended as a suite of apartments for Pope Julius II. He commissioned Raphael, then a relatively young artist from Urbino...
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    army on the way to be crowned Holy Roman Emperor by the Pope in Rome. Meanwhile, Pope Julius II, intending to curb Venetian influence in northern Italy...
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    Raphael. It was painted between 1509 and 1511 as part of a commission by Pope Julius II to decorate the rooms now called the Stanze di Raffaello in the Apostolic...
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    was invited back to Rome by the newly elected Pope Julius II. He was commissioned to build the Pope's tomb, which was to include forty statues and be...
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  • Fifth Council of the Lateran (category Pope Julius II)
    convoked by Pope Julius II to restore peace between Catholic rulers and assert the authority of the Pope. When elected pope in 1503, Pope Julius II promised...
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    Pope Julius I was the bishop of Rome from 6 February 337 to his death on 12 April 352. He is notable for asserting the authority of the pope over the Arian...
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    elevated to the cardinalate in 1489. Following the death of Pope Julius II, Giovanni was elected pope after securing the backing of the younger members of the...
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    dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Between 1508 and 1512, under the patronage of Pope Julius II, Michelangelo painted the chapel's ceiling, a project that changed the...
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    literature and the arts, Editions Rodopi, 2013 Ott, Michael (1910). "Pope Julius II" . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 8. New...
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    brother of Francesco della Rovere, later Pope Sixtus IV, and the father of Giuliano della Rovere, later Pope Julius II. Raffaello della Rovere, sometimes spelt...
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  • The Agony and the Ecstasy (film) (category Films about popes)
    Reed and starring Charlton Heston as Michelangelo and Rex Harrison as Pope Julius II. The film was partly based on Irving Stone's 1961 biographical novel...
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    Felice della Rovere (category Illegitimate children of popes)
    1536), also known as Madonna Felice, was the illegitimate daughter of Pope Julius II. One of the most powerful women of the Italian Renaissance, she was...
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    between 1477 and 1480 by Pope Sixtus IV, for whom the chapel is named. The ceiling was painted at the commission of Pope Julius II. The ceiling's various...
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    Sylvester II, Pope Stephen IX, Pope Nicholas II, Pope Urban II, Pope Callistus II, Pope Urban IV, Pope Clement IV, Pope Innocent V, Pope Martin IV, Pope Clement...
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    becoming an emissary to Pope Julius II. That same year, with the assistance of Pope Julius and the Spanish troops of Ferdinand II of Aragon, the Medici...
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    in north Italy until in 1508 he moved to Rome at the invitation of Pope Julius II, to work on the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican. He was given a series...
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    (1464–1471) Pope Sixtus IV (1471–1484) Pope Innocent VIII (1484–1492) Pope Alexander VI (1492–1503) Pope Pius III (1503) Pope Julius II (1503–1513) Pope Leo X...
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    the protonotary apostolic Pietro Riario (on his right), the future Pope Julius II/ Giuliano Della Rovere standing before him; and Girolamo Riario and...
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    Moses (Michelangelo) (category Tomb of Pope Julius II)
    the church of San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome. Commissioned in 1505 by Pope Julius II for his tomb, it depicts the biblical figure Moses with horns on his...
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  • (1965), starring Charlton Heston as Michelangelo and Rex Harrison as Pope Julius II. The book is divided into eleven sections, each detailing a distinct...
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    Pope Julius II.: 210  Della Rovere had received 15 of 32 votes in the September voting for a plurality, but still short of a majority.: 89  Julius II...
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    Pope Julius II (r. 1503–1513) created 27 cardinals in 6 consistories. Clemente Grosso della Rovere Galeotto Franciotti della Rovere François Guillaume...
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