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Julius

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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The name of three Popes:

ope from 337 to 332;

ope from 1502 to 1513;

ope from 1550 to 1555, of which only J. II. deserves notice.

n Italian by birth, was more of a soldier than a priest, and, during his pontificate, was almost wholly occupied with wars against the Venetians for the recovery of Romagna, and against the French to drive them out of Italy, in which attempt he called to his aid the spiritual artillery at his command, by ex-communicating Louis XII. and putting his kingdom under an interdict in 1542; he sanctioned the marriage of Henry VIII. with Catharine of Aragon, commenced to rebuild St. Peter's at Rome, and was the patron of Michael Angelo and Raphael.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Julius'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​j/julius.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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