Pope Julius II
Also known as
Giuliano della Rovere
Profile
Born to an impoverished noble family, the son of Raffaelo della Rovere and Theodora Manerola. Nephew of
Pope
Sixtus IV
. Educated by
Franciscans
at
Perugia
,
Italy
, but apparently never joined the Order.
Priest
. He apparently did not take all his vows seriously, and was the
father
of three daughters.
Cardinal
of San Pietro ad Vincula on
15 December
1471
.
Bishop
of Carpentras,
France
from
1471
to
1472
.
Bishop
of Lausanne,
Switzerland
from
1472
to
1476
.
Bishop
of
Catania
,
Sicily
from
1473
to
1474
.
Archbishop
of
Avignon
,
France
from
1474
to
1503
. Led an
army
to Umbria,
Italy
to restore
papal
authority in
1474
.
Bishop
of Coutances,
France
from
1476
to
1477
.
Papal
legate
to
France
in
1476
.
Bishop
of Viviers,
France
from
1477
to
1479
.
Bishop
of Mende,
France
from
1478
to
1483
.
Bishop
of Sabina,
Italy
from
1479
to
1483
.
Papal
legate
to
France
and the
Netherlands
in
1480
.
Bishop
of
Bologna
,
Italy
from
1483
to
1502
.
Bishop
of Ostia,
Italy
from
1483
to
1503
. Worked for, and even bribed other
cardinals
to obtain the election of
Pope
Innocent VIII
in
1484
, believing that he could control
Innocent
from behind the scenes.
Bishop
of Lodève,
France
from
1488
to
1489
. A rivalry had developed between him and Rodrigo Borgia, and when Borgia was chosen pope as
Alexander VI
in
1492
, Giuliano moved to Ostia and then to
Paris
. From there he worked to convoke a council to depose
Alexander
, but failed. The two effected a treaty, but Giuliano did not trust
Alexander
, and returned to
France
.
Bishop
of
Savona
,
Italy
from
1499
to
1502
.
Bishop
of Vercelli,
Italy
from
1502
to
1503
. Giuliano grew wealthy from these offices, and spent largely on building and supporting the fine arts. Upon
Alexander
's death, Giuliano supported the election of
Pope
Pius III
, going so far as to bribe other
cardinals
.
Pius
died soon after, however, and Giuliano was unanimously chosen 216th
pope
in the shortest conclave in the history of the
papacy
.
Born
5 December
1443
at Albissola,
Italy
as Giuliano della Rovere
Papal Ascension
elected
1 November
1503
; installed
26 November
1503
Died
21 February
1513
at
Rome
,
Italy
of natural causes
Additional Information
Wikipedia
Web Gallery of Art
Tomb of Pope Julius II
, by Michelangelo
Anniina Jokinen
Catholic Encyclopedia
New Catholic Dictionary
Translate
español
|
français
|
deutsch
|
italiano
|
português
Saints Index
SQPN
Contact Author
SQPN
Contact Author
![[portrait of Pope Julius II]](pope0216.jpg "15kb jpg detail of Raphael's portrait of Pope Julius II, 1512; if you have information on this image, please email me; please do not write to ask about the image")