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Pope Leo X died suddenly of pneumonia at the age of 45 on 1 December 1521 and was buried in Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome. [48] His death came just 10 months after he had excommunicated Martin Luther, the seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation, who was accused of 41 errors in his teachings. [48]
A collection of popes have had violent deaths through the centuries. The circumstances have ranged from martyrdom (Pope Stephen I) to war (Lucius II), to an alleged beating by a jealous husband (Pope John XII). A number of other popes have died under circumstances that some believe to be murder, but for which definitive evidence has not been found. Martyr popes This list is incomplete ; you ...
Pope Leo X (December 11, 1475 – December 1, 1521), born Giovanni de' Medici, was pope from 1513 to his death. [3] Pope Clement VII (May 26, 1478 – September 25, 1534), born Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici, was a cardinal from 1513 to 1523 and was pope from 1523 to 1534. [4] He was a first cousin of Leo X. Pope Pius IV (31 March 1499 ...
LEO Undecimus: Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici: 2 June 1535 Florence, Duchy of Florence, Holy Roman Empire 69 / 69 Born as a subject of the Duchy of Florence. The great-nephew of Leo X. Called "Papa Lampo" (Lightning Pope) for his brief pontificate. 233: 16 May 1605 – 28 January 1621 (15 years, 257 days) Paul V PAVLVS Quintus: Camillo Borghese
Martin Luther, the Protestant Reformer, in 1521 by Pope Leo X. Henry VIII of England in 1533, officially promulgated on 17 December 1538 by Pope Paul III. Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury and first Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury of the Church of England. Cardinal Odet de Coligny, on 31 March 1563, for professing the Calvinist faith.
Pope Paul III Farnese had four illegitimate children and made his illegitimate son Pier Luigi Farnese the first duke of Parma. This is a list of sexually active popes, Catholic priests who were not celibate before they became pope, and those who were legally married before becoming pope. Some candidates were allegedly sexually active before their election as pope, and others were thought to ...
Leo Lukenas III, a former Green Beret, joined Bank of America as an investment banker last summer. He died on May 2. ... Death toll climbs to 24 and thousands of structures destroyed in California ...
The most recently reigning Pope to have been canonised was Pope John Paul II, whose cause for canonisation was opened in May 2005. John Paul II was beatified on 1 May 2011, by Pope Benedict XVI and later canonised, along with Pope John XXIII, by Pope Francis on 27 April 2014. [1] Pope Francis also canonised Pope Paul VI on 14 October 2018.