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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]
The College of Cardinals, more formally called the Sacred College of Cardinals, is the body of all cardinals of the Catholic Church. [1] As of 22 January 2025, there are 252 cardinals, of whom 138 are eligible to vote in a conclave to elect a new pope. Cardinals are appointed by the pope for life but eligibility to vote ceases at the age of 80.
Pope Leo X (1475–1521) with Cardinals Giulio de' Medici (1478–1534) and Luigi de' Rossi (1474–1519) Pope Leo X (r. 1513–1521) created 42 new cardinals in eight consistories. 23 September 1513
A window which had been boarded closed for the Conclave was opened, and Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (future Pope Paul III), who was now senior Cardinal Deacon in place of Medici, announced the election of Medici by his chosen papal name, Leo X. [23] Since Medici had only been ordained a deacon, it was necessary for him to be ordained a priest ...
Pope Urban VI in 1378 became the last pope elected from outside the College of Cardinals. [31] The last person elected as pope who was not already an ordained priest or deacon was the cardinal-deacon Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, elected as Pope Leo X in 1513. [32] His successor, Pope Adrian VI, was the last to be elected (1522) in absentia. [33]
Leo X: Concerning the immortality of the soul. [135] 1514 (March 22) Sincerae devotionis: 1514 Precelse denotionis ("Especially the description") Renewed Dum Diversas of 1452 1514 Supernæ dispositionis arbitrio: Calls for reform of the curia and declares that cardinals should come immediately after the pope in the ecclesiastical hierarchy ...
Pope Leo X with his cousins Giulio de' Medici (left, future Pope Clement VII) and Luigi de' Rossi (right), whom he appointed as cardinals Giovanni Salviati Pope Paul III with his cardinal-nephew Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (left) and his other grandson (right), Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma Ranuccio Farnese was made cardinal by Paul III at the ...
The 1521–22 papal conclave elected Pope Adrian VI to succeed Pope Leo X.The conclave was marked by the early candidacies of cardinal-nephew Giulio de'Medici (future Pope Clement VII) and Alessandro Farnese (future Pope Paul III), although the Colonna and other cardinals blocked their election.