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Clement VII
Giulio Zanobi di Giuliano de' Medici · 1523 – 1534 · 11 yrs · died
Presided over the Sack of Rome and said no to Henry VIII. Both went badly.
Did
- Commissioned the Last Judgment.
Didn't
- Grant Henry VIII's annulment, which produced the Church of England.
- Keep Rome safe: imperial troops sacked the city in 1527 while he hid in Castel Sant'Angelo.
From the record
Pope Clement VII was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 November 1523 to his death on 25 September 1534. Deemed "the most unfortunate of the popes", Clement VII's reign was marked by a rapid succession of political, military, and religious struggles—many long in the making—which had far-reaching consequences for Christianity and world politics.
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