Pope Julius II
1443 CE–1513 CE · Celle Ligure
Born Giuliano della Rovere near Savona, nephew of Sixtus IV, he accumulated power and benefices over decades before his swift election. Known as the 'Warrior Pope,' Julius II personally led armies to reclaim and consolidate the Papal States, drove the French from Italy through shifting alliances, and reasserted papal temporal authority. He was also one of history's greatest art patrons: he commissioned Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling and his own tomb, Raphael's Vatican Stanze, and Bramante's rebuilding of St. Peter's Basilica. He convened the Fifth Lateran Council to address reform. His militarism drew criticism, including Erasmus's biting satire, yet his cultural legacy was immense.
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Celle Ligure
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About Celle Ligure
Celle Ligure, a coastal town in Liguria, northwestern Italy, near Savona. It is tied to the della Rovere family that produced Sixtus IV and Julius II.
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Pope Sixtus IV, Pope Alexander VI, Pope Innocent VIII, Pope Pius III, Pope Paul III, Pope Leo X, Pope Paul IV, Pope Julius III
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Thinkers, teachers, and rulers whose lives overlapped with Pope Julius II’s — a glimpse of the wider world they lived in. Drawn purely from recorded birth and death years.
Christian world
- Thomas à Kempis· 1380 CE–1471 CE
- Pope Nicholas V· 1397 CE–1455 CE
- Nicholas of Cusa· 1401 CE–1464 CE
- Pope Pius II· 1405 CE–1464 CE
- Pope Paul II· 1417 CE–1471 CE
- Girolamo Savonarola· 1452 CE–1498 CE
- Pope Adrian VI· 1459 CE–1523 CE
- Desiderius Erasmus· 1466 CE–1536 CE
- Pope Clement VII· 1478 CE–1534 CE
- Martin Luther· 1483 CE–1546 CE
- Huldrych Zwingli· 1484 CE–1531 CE
- Bartolomé de las Casas· 1484 CE–1566 CE
- Thomas Müntzer· 1489 CE–1525 CE
- Thomas Cranmer· 1489 CE–1556 CE
- Martin Bucer· 1491 CE–1551 CE
- Ignatius of Loyola· 1491 CE–1556 CE
- William Tyndale· 1494 CE–1536 CE
- Menno Simons· 1496 CE–1561 CE
- Philip Melanchthon· 1497 CE–1560 CE
- Conrad Grebel· 1498 CE–1526 CE
- Pope Pius IV· 1499 CE–1565 CE
- Pope Marcellus II· 1501 CE–1555 CE
- Francis Xavier· 1506 CE–1552 CE
- John Calvin· 1509 CE–1564 CE
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Jewish world
Islamic world
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Hindu world
Rulers world
- Qansuh al-Ghuri· 1441 CE–1516 CE
- Isabella I of Castile· 1451 CE–1504 CE
- Bayezid II· 1447 CE–1512 CE
- Tuman bay II· –1517 CE
- Ivan III the Great· 1440 CE–1505 CE
- Ferdinand II of Aragon· 1452 CE–1516 CE
- Nzinga a Nkuwu (João I)· –1506 CE
- Zuangua (Zwanga)· –1520 CE
- Lê Thánh Tông· 1442 CE–1497 CE
- Sikandar Lodi· 1458 CE–1517 CE
- Ahuitzotl· –1502 CE
- Nezahualpilli· 1464 CE–1515 CE
- Coanacochtzin· –1525 CE
- Ibrahim Lodi· –1526 CE
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