Popes
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Pope Adrian VI
Pope Adrian VI, 1522 to 1523: the Dutch scholar and tutor of Charles V who confessed the corruption of the Roman court at the Diet of Nuremberg and died with his reforms unfinished.
Pope Adrian VI
Pope Adrian VI, 1522 to 1523: the Dutch scholar and tutor of Charles V who confessed the corruption of the Roman court at the Diet of Nuremberg and died with his reforms unfinished.
Pope Alexander VI
Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo de Borja), 1492 to 1503: his rise through family influence, the simony and scandals of his pontificate, and his burning of Girolamo Savonarola.
Pope Alexander VI
Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo de Borja), 1492 to 1503: his rise through family influence, the simony and scandals of his pontificate, and his burning of Girolamo Savonarola.
Pope Clement VII
Pope Clement VII, 1523 to 1534: the Medici pope who faced Luther, Charles V, and the sack of Rome, and whose refusal of Henry VIII's annulment opened the English Reformation.
Pope Clement VII
Pope Clement VII, 1523 to 1534: the Medici pope who faced Luther, Charles V, and the sack of Rome, and whose refusal of Henry VIII's annulment opened the English Reformation.
Pope Leo X
Pope Leo X, 1513 to 1521: the Medici pope under whom the indulgence controversy broke out, who condemned Luther in Exsurge Domine and excommunicated him.
Pope Leo X
Pope Leo X, 1513 to 1521: the Medici pope under whom the indulgence controversy broke out, who condemned Luther in Exsurge Domine and excommunicated him.
Pope Paul III
Pope Paul III, the Renaissance pope who convened the Council of Trent and launched the Roman response to the Reformation.
Pope Paul III
Pope Paul III, the Renaissance pope who convened the Council of Trent and launched the Roman response to the Reformation.
Pope Paul IV
Gian Pietro Carafa, architect of the Roman Inquisition, who as pope issued the first papal Index of Prohibited Books.
Pope Paul IV
Gian Pietro Carafa, architect of the Roman Inquisition, who as pope issued the first papal Index of Prohibited Books.
Pope Pius IV
The pope who brought the Council of Trent to its close, confirmed its decrees, and imposed the Tridentine Profession of Faith.
Pope Pius IV
The pope who brought the Council of Trent to its close, confirmed its decrees, and imposed the Tridentine Profession of Faith.
Pope Pius V
The Dominican inquisitor turned pope who excommunicated Elizabeth I and fixed the Tridentine catechism, breviary, and missal.
Pope Pius V
The Dominican inquisitor turned pope who excommunicated Elizabeth I and fixed the Tridentine catechism, breviary, and missal.
