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10 unusual facts about Pope Julius II


1506 in archaeology

On the recommendation of Giuliano da Sangallo and Michelangelo, Pope Julius II purchases it and places it on public display in the Vatican a month later.

Basilica Cathedral of Santa María la Menor

The Cathedral was consecrated by Pope Julius II in 1504 and its construction began in 1512 under the leadership of Bishop Fray García Padilla.

Fifth Council of the Lateran

When elected pope in 1503, Pope Julius II promised under oath that he would soon convoke a general council.

Illiterate popes

Ludwig von Pastor has shown that Pope Julius II (1503-1513) was not illiterate, although he is poetically referred to as such by Desiderius Erasmus.

Papal conclave, October 1503

The papal conclave of October 1503 elected Giuliano della Rovere as Pope Julius II to succeed Pope Pius III.

Papal conclave, September 1503

Cardinal Georges d'Amboise was the favorite of Louis XII, and also expected the support of the faction of Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere (future Pope Julius II), who had fled to France due to a dispute with Alexander VI.

Puchuncaví

Upon the arrival of the Spanish, conquistador Pedro de Valdivia gave the valley of Puchuncaví to one of his soldiers, the Italian native Milán Vicenzo del Monte, a nephew of Pope Julius II.

Renaissance Papacy

Although Adrian VI said mass every day for the year he was pope, there is no evidence that his two predecessors—Julius II and Leo X—ever celebrated mass at all.

Pope Julius II become known as "the Warrior Pope" for his use of bloodshed to increase the territory and property of the papacy.

The Mass at Bolsena

Also shown in the work is Pope Julius II (1443-1513), kneeling at the right, and his daughter Felice della Rovere, shown on the left at the bottom of the steps, in profile, in dark clothes.


Feast of the Holy Winding Sheet of Christ

This feast was celebrated on 4 May, the day after the Invention of the Cross, and was approved in 1506 by Pope Julius II; it was kept in Savoy, Piedmont, and Sardinia as the patronal feast of the royal House of Savoy (4 May, double of the first class, with octave).

In Coena Domini

Under Urban V (1363) the list contained seven cases; under Gregory XI (1372) nine; under Martin V (1420) ten; under Julius II (1511) twelve: under Paul III (1536) seventeen; under Gregory XIII in 1577 twenty, and under the same pontiff in 1583 twenty-one; under Paul V (1606 and 1619) twenty; and the same number in the final shape given to it by Urban VIII.

Musée du Petit Palais, Avignon

In the second half of the 15th century, Bishop Alain de Coëtivy and his successor, Giuliano della Rovere (the future Pope Julius II) carried out restoration work, giving the Palace more or less its present appearance by 1503.

Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard

At the Battle of Garigliano he single-handedly defended the bridge of the Garigliano against 200 Spaniards, an exploit that brought him such renown that Pope Julius II tried unsuccessfully to entice him into his service.

Sibyl

The library of Pope Julius II in the Vatican has images of sibyls and they are in the pavement of the Siena Cathedral.

Šimun Kožičić Benja

Pope Julius II named him bishop of Modruš in 1509 in a time of uncertainty in Croatia after the Croatian loss to the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Krbava Field of 1493.