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Popes of the Renaissance

  • Jan 8, 1198

    When Pope Innocent III Got elected

    When Pope Innocent III Got elected
    wikipedia article Birth name Lotario de' Conti di'Segni.Lotario de' Conti was born in Gavignano, near Anagni.[1] His father was Count Trasimund of Segni and was a member of a famous house. Celestine III died on January 8, 1198. Before his death he had urged the College of Cardinals to elect Giovanni di San Paolo as his successor; but Lotario de' Conti was elected pope, at Rome, on the very day on which Celestine III died
  • Jul 16, 1216

    When Pope Innocent III died

    When Pope Innocent III died
    wikipedia article Innocent III, however, died suddenly at Perugia[1] on July 16, 1216. He was buried in the cathedral of Perugia, where his body remained until Pope Leo XIII had it transferred to the Lateran in December 1891. Innocent III was believed to be in purgatory as the same day he died, he appeared to St. Lutgarda in her monastery at Aywieres, in Brabant. Engulfed in flames, he declared to her, “I am Pope Innocent”.
  • Nov 11, 1417

    When Pope Martin V got elected

    When Pope Martin V got elected
    wikipedia articleHis birth name was Oddone Colonna and born in Genazzano. He was elected pope on St. Martin's Day November 11, 1417, at the Council of Constance by a conclave consisting of twenty-three cardinals and thirty delegates of the council.Martin V was widely esteemed for moderation, learning, uprightness, and business ability, but he is not seen as a reforming Pope. His first act after his election was to publish a brief confirming all the regulations made by his predecessors regarding the papal.
  • Feb 20, 1431

    When Martin V died

    When Martin V died
    wikipedia articleHe died on the 20th of February,1431 at the age of 63.Shortly after the opening of the Basel Martin V died. Martin Vdied of apoplexy. Apoplexy is a medical term, which can be used to mean 'bleeding' in a cerebrovascular accident. Martin V is buried in the confession of St. John Lateran's, the Pope's cathedral, in Rome.
  • Mar 6, 1447

    When Pope Nicholas V. got elected

    When Pope Nicholas V. got elected
    wikipedia articleHe was born 15 November 1397 at Sarzana, Liguria. His birth name was Tomaso Parentucell. His successful diplomacy gained him the reward, on his return to Rome, of the title of Cardinal priest of Santa Susanna (December 1446). He was elected Pope in succession to Eugene IV on 6 March of the following year, taking the name of Nicholas V in honour of his early benefactor IN 1446. http://timelines.com/1447/3/6/tommaso-parentucelli-nicholas-v-elected-pope
  • Mar 24, 1455

    When Pope Nicholas V. Died

    When Pope Nicholas V. Died
    His Holiness Pope Nicholas V died on 24 March 1455 in Rome, in the 9th year of his pontificate, at the age of 57. He was buried on 3 April in the Patriarchal Vatican Basilica, and his mortal remains were transferred to the Grottoes of the same basilica in the reign of Pope Paul V." His failure to promote real religious reform helped bring about the Reformation of the 16th century. wikipedia article
  • Apr 8, 1455

    When Pope Callixtus got elected

    When Pope Callixtus got elected
    wikipedia articeHis birth name was Alfonso de Borja. Born on December 31, 1378 in Canals, Valencia, Crown of Aragon today Spain. Born into the infamous family. The only reason that Callistus appears to have been elected in the first place was that he was so old and feeble that all of the cardinals considered him a safe compromise. He didn't really do much and, in fact, spent much of his reign in bed, sick.
  • Aug 6, 1458

    When Pope Callixtus died

    When Pope Callixtus died
    WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE"Pope Callistus III died on 6 August 1458 in Rome, in the 4th year of his pontificate, at the age of 79-years. He was buried on 16 August in the Patriarchal Vatican Basilica, and his mortal remains were transferred on 30 January 1610 to the church of Santa Maria di Monserrato, Rome."
  • Nov 1, 1503

    When Pope Julius II Got Elected

    When Pope Julius II Got Elected
    about.comwikipedia articleBorn Giuliano della Rovere, on Dec. 5th 1443. Born in Albissola,Italy. Son of a noble but poor family.Pope Julius II was the nephew of Pope Sixtus IV and, because of this family connection, he moved around among a lot of different positions of power and authority within the Roman Catholic Church - eventually holding some eight bishoprics in total and then later serving as papal legate to France.Best known as: The pope who hired Michelangelo for the Sistine Chapel.
  • Feb 21, 1513

    When Pope Julius II died

    When Pope Julius II died
    about.comwikipedia article

    Michelangelo's tomb of Pope Julius IIIn 1512 the French were driven across the Alps, but it was at the cost of the occupation of Italy by the other powers, and Julius, though he had securely established the papal authority in the states immediately around Rome, was practically as far as ever from realizing his dream of an independent Italian kingdom when he died of fever in February 1513.Hi
  • Mar 11, 1513

    When Pope Leo X got elected

    When Pope Leo X got elected
    Wikipedia Article
    Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici was born in Florence, the second son of Lorenzo the Magnificent, Head of the Florentine Republic, and Clarissa Orsini.He was elected on the 11th of March 1513.
  • Dec 1, 1521

    When Pope Leo X died

    When Pope Leo X died
    wikipedia article He was Pope from 1513 to his death in 1521. He was the last non-priest to be elected Pope. He is known primarily for the sale of indulgences to reconstruct St. Peter's Basilica and his challenging of Martin Luther's 95 Theses.Pope Leo X will forever be known as the pope of the beginning of Protestant Reformation