In 1500 he returned to Italy and settled in Rome. Upon the death of his brother Piero, he became the head of the Medici family. In 1503 he took part in the ...

Pope Leo X ; Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici. 15 December 1475. Florence, Republic of Florence · 1 December 1521(1521-12-01) (aged 45) Rome, Papal States · Santa ... Pope · Character, interests and talents · Death and legacy

Pope Leo X was Florentine, from Florence. At the time of his birth and throughout his papacy, the Italian peninsula was not a unified nation. It was more like a ...

Pope Leo X was born Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici in Florence on December 11, 1475. He was a member of the House of the Medici, a wealthy banking and ... Leo X: Early Life · Pope Leo X

Leo X, orig. Giovanni de' Medici, (born Dec. 11, 1475, Florence—died Dec. 1, 1521, Rome), Pope (1513–21), one of the most extravagant of the Renaissance ...

Reigned 1513-1521, b. at Florence, December 11, 1475; d. at Rome, December 1, 1521. Share.

Pope Leo X ; Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici · (1475-12-11)11 December 1475. Florence · 1 December 1521(1521-12-01) (aged 45) Rome.

Pope Leo X died on December 1, 1521, having had little or no success as a ruling pontiff. He was buried in Santa Maria sopra Minerva. He would have preferred to ...

After studying theology and canon law at Pisa between 1489 and 1492, he took up residence as cardinal in Rome. He would return to Florence later that year after ...

Pope Leo X was born Giovanni de Medici in 1475 and raised in Italy's most culturally sophisticated city, Florence, as part of the prestigious de' Medici family.