| Name |
Giovanni de' Medici [1] |
| Born |
11 Dec 1475 |
Firenze (Florence), Italia  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
1482 |
| Received the ecclesiastical tonsure (when he was seven years old) |
| Property |
1483 |
| King Louis XI of France granted him the abbey of Font-Douce (diocèse de Saintes) |
| Property |
1484 |
| Given the abbey of Passignano (in compensation for not having obtained the metropolitan see of Aix) |
| Occupation |
14 Mar 1487 |
| Abbot commendatario of the Benedictine abbey of Monte Cassino |
| Occupation |
24 Sep 1488 |
| Abbot commendatario of the Benedictine Vallombrosan monastery of Coltibuono, diocese of Fiesole |
| Occupation |
9 Mar 1489 |
| Created cardinal deacon in the consistory |
| Occupation |
23 Mar 1489 |
| The red hat, the ring and the assignation to the deaconry of S. Maria in Domnica were sent to him in Florence |
| Occupation |
1492 |
| Participated in the conclave which elected Pope Alexander VI |
| Occupation |
9 Mar 1492 |
| Invested with the cardinalitial habit at his monastery of Fiesole |
| Occupation |
22 Mar 1492 |
| Arrived in Rome where Cardinal Jorge da Costa, archbishop of Lisbon, received him in the monastery of S. Maria del Popolo |
| Occupation |
11 May 1492 |
| Named legate a latere in Toscany and Florence in the consistory |
| Occupation |
31 Aug 1492 |
| Named legate in the Province of the Patrimony by Pope Alexander VI |
| Occupation |
9 Nov 1494 |
| Left his house in Florence with his brother Pietro right before it was ransacked |
| Occupation |
1495-1499 |
| Traveled through Italy, Germany, Holland and France with his cousin Giulio |
| Occupation |
19 May 1500 |
| Arrived in Rome, residing in his palace of S. Eustachio (now Madama Palace) |
| Occupation |
9 Jan 1501 |
| Abbot commendatario of the monastery of Calvello, diocese of Sovana |
| Occupation |
16 Mar 1502 |
| Abbot commendatario of the monastery of S. Felice in Piazza, Florence |
| Occupation |
1503 |
| Participated in the first conclave which elected Pope Pius III |
| Occupation |
1503 |
| Participated in the second conclave which elected Pope Julius II |
| Occupation |
1506 |
| Named legate in Perugia |
| Occupation |
1508 |
| Cardinal protodeacon |
| Occupation |
9 Dec 1510 |
| Named administrator of the see of Amalfi (occupied the post until his election to the papacy) |
| Occupation |
1 Oct 1511 |
| Named legate in Bologna and Romagna |
| Military |
11 Apr 1512 |
| Legate to the Spanish-Papal army warring against France and her allies |
| Military |
11 Apr 1512 |
| Present at the battle outside Ravenna at the edge of the river Ronco (captured by the French, taken to Milan and escaped) |
| Occupation |
14 Sep 1512 |
| Reentered Florence |
| Occupation |
9 Mar 1513 |
| Elected pope (published on 11 March) |
| Occupation |
17 Mar 1513 |
| Consecrated bishop of Rome by Cardinal Raffaello Sanzio Riario, bishop of Ostia e Velletri, dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals |
| Occupation |
19 Mar 1513 |
| Crowned Pope Leo (Léon) X by Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, seniore, deacon of S. Eustachio |
| Occupation |
11 Apr 1513 |
| Took possession of the patriarchal Lateran basilica |
| Occupation |
17 May 1513 |
| Presided the session of the Fifth Lateran Council |
| Occupation |
15 Jun 1520 |
| With the bull Exurge Domine et iudica, he condemned the forty-one propositions contained in Martin Luther's 95 theses of 1517 |
| Occupation |
3 Jan 1521 |
| Martin Luther est excommunié |
| Died |
1 Dec 1521 |
Roma, Italia |
| Person ID |
I18982 |
Godbout |
| Last Modified |
18 Apr 2017 |
| Father |
Lorenzo de' Medici, b. 1 Jan 1449, Firenze (Florence), Italia , d. 8 Apr 1492, Villa Medici, Careggi, Firenze (Florence), Italia (Age 43 years) |
| Mother |
Clarissa Orsini, b. Abt 1450, Roma, Italia , d. 29 Jul 1487, Firenze (Florence), Italia (Age ~ 37 years) |
| Marriage Contract |
7 Feb 1469 |
| Married |
4 Jun 1469 |
Firenze (Florence), Italia |
| Family ID |
F10245 |
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