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Leo X
Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici · 9 Mar 1513 – 1 Dec 1521 · 9 yrs · died
A Medici. Sold indulgences to finish St. Peter's; Luther noticed.
Did
- Made Rome the capital of the High Renaissance for eight expensive years.
Didn't
- Take Luther seriously until it was too late: excommunicated him in 1521, four years after the 95 Theses.
- Balance a budget. Left the treasury empty.
From the record
Pope Leo X was head of the Catholic Church and leader of the Papal States from 9 March 1513 to his death in December 1521.
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