Pope Julius II
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Pope Julius II
by nej1945 Fri Jun 05, 2015 10:29 am
Pope Julius II (Latin: Iulius II; 5 December 1443 – 21 February 1513), nicknamed "The Fearsome Pope"[1] and "The Warrior Pope",[2] born Giuliano della Rovere, was Pope from 1 November 1503 to his death in 1513. His papacy was marked by an active foreign policy, ambitious building projects, and patronage for the arts—he commissioned the destruction and rebuilding of St. Peter's Basilica, plus Michelangelo's decoration of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Julius' commissions
• 1503–1512 – The Cortile del Belvedere in The Vatican City
• 1505-(1545) – Julius' tomb
• 1505-(1570s) – St Peter's Basilica
• 1508–1512 – The Sistine Chapel ceiling
• 1509-(1516) – Raphael's Stanze in the Vatican Palace
• 1511 – Raphael's Portrait following the loss of Bologna
His two great passions were restoration of the political and territorial integrity of the Papal states and the embellishment of his See and memorialization of himself through the triumphs of art.
From the beginning, Julius II set to rid himself of the various powers by which his temporal authority was almost overwhelmed. By a series of complicated stratagems he first succeeded in rendering it impossible for the Borgias to retain their power over the Papal States. Indeed, on the day of his election, he declared: "I will not live in the same rooms as the Borgias lived. He [Alexander VI] desecrated the Holy Church as none before. He usurped the papal power by the devil's aid, and I forbid under the pain of excommunication anyone to speak or think of Borgia again. His name and memory must be forgotten. It must be crossed out of every document and memorial. His reign must be obliterated. All paintings made of the Borgias or for them must be covered over with black crepe. All the tombs of the Borgias must be opened and their bodies sent back to where they belong - to Spain." The Borgias' apartments remained sealed until the 19th Century.
His bellicosity, war like temperament and energy was directed used in a series of wars against the Italian states but he was also able to help drive the French out of Italy (for a time).
The failure of his reign was his lack of concern for the religious crisis.
Julius' commissions
• 1503–1512 – The Cortile del Belvedere in The Vatican City
• 1505-(1545) – Julius' tomb
• 1505-(1570s) – St Peter's Basilica
• 1508–1512 – The Sistine Chapel ceiling
• 1509-(1516) – Raphael's Stanze in the Vatican Palace
• 1511 – Raphael's Portrait following the loss of Bologna
His two great passions were restoration of the political and territorial integrity of the Papal states and the embellishment of his See and memorialization of himself through the triumphs of art.
From the beginning, Julius II set to rid himself of the various powers by which his temporal authority was almost overwhelmed. By a series of complicated stratagems he first succeeded in rendering it impossible for the Borgias to retain their power over the Papal States. Indeed, on the day of his election, he declared: "I will not live in the same rooms as the Borgias lived. He [Alexander VI] desecrated the Holy Church as none before. He usurped the papal power by the devil's aid, and I forbid under the pain of excommunication anyone to speak or think of Borgia again. His name and memory must be forgotten. It must be crossed out of every document and memorial. His reign must be obliterated. All paintings made of the Borgias or for them must be covered over with black crepe. All the tombs of the Borgias must be opened and their bodies sent back to where they belong - to Spain." The Borgias' apartments remained sealed until the 19th Century.
His bellicosity, war like temperament and energy was directed used in a series of wars against the Italian states but he was also able to help drive the French out of Italy (for a time).
The failure of his reign was his lack of concern for the religious crisis.
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