He is known for his connection to Michelangelo and for the political struggles that he faced. Having previously served as the Archbishop of Florence, he took charge of the papacy during a very delicate situation, right after the end of the Italian Renaissance. He commissioned art from Raphael and Michelange Giulio de’ Medici was born a few months after the death of his father, Giuliano, who was slain at Florence in the disturbances which followed the Pazzi conspiracy. Pope Clement VII. 1478; d.September 25, 1534. In 1513 he was made archbishop of Florence and cardinal by his cousin Pope Leo X. This diminished power was evident during the reign of Pope Clement VII, who became pope in 1523 at the age of forty-five, while Lutheranism was spreading in central Europe. For the antipope (1378–1394) see Antipope Clement VII Clement VII (May 26, 1478 – September 25, 1534), born Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici, was a cardinal from September 23, 1513 to November 19, 1523 and was Pope from November 19, 1523 to September 25, 1534. Clement VII would have been remembered as one of … Clement VII. Clement VII started life as Giulio, a member of the Medici family in Italy. Pope Clement VII was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 November 1523 to 25 September 1534. Clement VII, Pope 1523-1534, the illegitimate son of Giuliano de' Medici, he was raised by his uncle Lorenzo de' Medici. The artifact presented here is a document signed prior to Clement VII’s pontificate. Clement VII, POPE (GIUNTO DE’ MEDICI), b. Clement VII excommunicated the English king, and with that the church lost a whole kingdom. Pope Clement VII was the 219th pope and a member of the famous Italian Medici family. Clement was born as Giulio de Medici, the illegitimate son of Giuliano de Medici. An intellectual and a renowned musician, he was a highly discriminating patron whose circle included Baldassare Castiglione and Paolo Giovio. The second Medici to wear the papal tiara in three pontificates, Clement VII’s tenure was marked by his relative inability to make progress in the face of political and ecclesiastical challenges. Pope Clement VII and Henry VIII of England The power of the Roman Catholic Church was largely cultural and diminished by kings whose power derived from their military. Pope Clement VII (1478-1534, Pope 1523-1534) was Pope during most of the First and Second Hapsburg-Valois Wars in Italy, and was seen as a weak, vacillating Pope whose actions or inactions led to the sack for Rome of 1527 and the English split with Rome of 1534. Pope Clement VII (Giulio de’ Medici) was the nephew of Lorenzo the Magnificent. 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