Pope
Pope Leo X
Pope from 1513 to 1521
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 began
1513
Papacy ended
1521
Birth name
Giovanni de' Medici