Pope Leo the great (440-461 AD) is famous for his Tome of Leo document‚ The Council of Chalcedon‚ and he illuminated the conformist definition of Jesus’ being as the religious states of two beings- divine and human. Despite all of this‚ Pope Leo the Great is most famous for his persuasion of the crude Attila the Hun (434-453 AD) to not invade Italy in 452 AD. The emperors usually paid off barbaric tribes to not invade them but this further gave reason for the tribes to invade Western Europe. The
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In Nelson Minnich’s religious interpretation of Raphael’s famous portrait of Pope Leo X‚ Minnich first begins with the very basics of the portrait; what is contained within its canvas and why it is there. From small clues such as these‚ he is able to lay the foundation for which theories and conclusions can be based. He first points out the location of the figures in the painting. Minnich believes that they are in a large room‚ seated before a green cloth on the wall‚ or cloth of honor. There
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Pope Clement VII Giulio de’ Medici was born in the exquisite city of Florence‚ Italy on May 26‚ 1478. He was the son of Fioretta Gorini‚ and the prevailing Giuliano de’ Medici whom was in fact one of the pronounced leaders of Florence during the late 1400’s. Giuliano de’ Medici was brother of Lorenzo the Magnificent and was recognized as the “co-ruler” of Florence in his time. After the tragic assassination of his father and death of his mother‚ Giulio de’ Medici was then taken in and educated
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September 19‚ 2014 Jessie Francisco 2014 13494 Art Stud 1 BPE The Medici Pope Florence was once the City of the heart of Artistic Revolution where the wealthiest and the most powerful family ruled—The Medici. The great artist Michelangelo was adopted by this family and grew in the same household with Giovanni and Guilio de Medici. Sparked by resentment of the people for Medici wealth and power‚ civil
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Saint Pope Pius X (born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto) was born on June 2‚ 1835 in Riese‚ Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia‚ Austrian Empire. (now Italy‚ Province of Treviso) He was born in a family of ten‚ three brothers and six sisters. At a young age‚ Giuseppe studied Latin with his village priest. In 1850 he received the tonsure from the Bishop of Treviso‚ and was given a scholarship from the Diocese of Treviso to attend the Seminary of Padua‚ where he finished his classical‚ philosophical‚ and theological
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Pope Leo 13 had greatly effected and impacted the Church. He has been considered the founder of the Catholic Social Teaching. His changes effected not only the church‚ but working conditions in the past generations leading up until now. Pope Leo 13 had accomplished many things in his life such as‚ becoming Pope‚ justifying working conditions‚ and effecting the church and people of the Church in the past‚ the present‚ and the many generations ahead of us. After Vincenzo completed his early studies
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Pope Leo X was born December 11‚ 1475.Leo X is better known as Giovanni di Lorenzo de’ Medici. Leo X was elected Pope in 1531. His turn as papacy lasted until 1521. Leo X is best remembered granting selfish and pleasure-loving behaviors. The new pope was the personification of Renaissance ideals. Sadly ‚ Pope died in 1521. Pope Leo X died in Rome‚Italy. His cause of death was pneumonia. Popes remains were buried at Santa Maria Sopra Minerva Church in Rome‚ Italy. He acquires the mannerisms and
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The Medici Family The Medici family - controlled Florence throughout much of the Renaissance The Medici are the first princely dynasty to win their status not by warfare‚ marriage or inheritance but through commerce. They come to Florence in the 12th century from the nearby countryside. Their ancestral home is in the Mugello valley. During the next two centuries the family‚ amassing a fortune through banking and trade‚ begins also to play a prominent part in Florence’s political life. As yet
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Pope Leo X was originally Cardinal de’ Medici. He was the second son of Lorenzo de’ Medici. He made Rome a cultural centre and strong in political power.but he depleted the papal treasury‚ and‚ by failing to take the developing Reformation seriously‚ he contributed to the downfall of the Western church. He was put on a religious life so he received the tonsure. This was a ceremony involving the cutting of hair from his head that indicates a change of status. Leo X was not only the head of the Christian
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Raphael‚ or Raffaello Sanzio‚ was born on April 6‚ 1483 in Urbino‚ Italy. He was a painter and architect during the High Renaissance. Unlike the other Masters at the time‚ he was enormously productive‚ running a workshop that encompassed 50 pupils and assistants. Much of his works remain‚ since they were done mainly within the Vatican. His works are are commonly organized into three phases: his early career‚ which conveyed the influence of his teacher‚ the Florentine period‚ when Raphael went to
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