Cardinal Giulio de' Medici
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Pope Clement VII |
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Portrait by Sebastiano del Piombo, c. 1531
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| Papacy began | 19 November 1523 |
| Papacy ended | 25 September 1534 |
| Predecessor | Adrian VI |
| Successor | Paul III |
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| Ordination | 19 December 1517 |
| Consecration | 21 December 1517 |
| Created Cardinal | 23 September 1513 by Leo X |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente (26 June 1517) and S. Lorenzo in Damaso (6 July 1517) |
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| Birth name | Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici |
| Born | 26 May 1478 Florence, Republic of Florence |
| Died |
25 September 1534 (aged 56) Rome, Papal States |
| Buried | Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome |
| Parents |
Giuliano de' Medici Fioretta Gorini |
| Motto | Candor illæsus (unharmed candor) |
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Pope Clement VII (Italian: Papa Clemente VII; Latin: Clemens VII) (26 May 1478 – 25 September 1534), born Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici, was Pope from 19 November 1523 to his death in 1534. The Sack of Rome and English Reformation occurred during his papacy.
Giulio de' Medici was born in Florence one month after the assassination of his father, Giuliano de' Medici, following the Pazzi Conspiracy. Although his parents had not had a formal marriage, they had been formally betrothed per sponsalia de presenti , and therefore canon law recognized that Giulio was born legitimate. Despite this accommodation for an important and powerful family, Giulio was considered illegitimate by his contemporaries. He was the nephew of Lorenzo the Magnificent, who educated him in his youth. Giulio's mother, Fioretta Gorini, also died leaving him an orphan.
Giulio was enrolled in the Knights Hospitaller and made Grand Prior of Capua.
His cousin was elected Pope Leo X in March 1513. On the death of Archbishop Cosimo de' Pazzi, Giulio was named Archbishop of Florence on 9 May 1513, a post he held until his own election as pope on 19 November 1523.
On 23 September 1513, he was created a cardinal by Leo X, and on 29 September he was appointed Cardinal Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica, which had been vacated by the election of the Pope.
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