POPE
Pope Leo X
Pope, Bishop of Rome
Pope Leo X, who reigned as Roman Pontiff from 1513–1521.
background
Pope Leo X, a son of Lorenzo de' Medici, was a great patron of the arts whose pontificate saw the beginning of the Protestant Reformation; he excommunicated Martin Luther in 1521.
summary
Pope Leo X, who reigned as Roman Pontiff from 1513–1521.
papacy Start
1513
papacy End
1521
birth Name
Giovanni de' Medici