Pope Julius II
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Pope Julius II was head of the Catholic Church and leader of the Papal States from 1503 to his death, in February 1513.
Portrait of Pope Julius II, 1511–1512
Bust of Julius II
Woodcut by Hans Burgkmair
Giuliano della Rovere (left, future Julius II), and Julius II's nephew, Clemente della Rovere (right), who safeguarded Giuliano's affairs while he fled to France following a dispute with Alexander VI
Pope Pius III
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Pope Pius III, born Francesco Todeschini, then Francesco Todeschini-Piccolomini, was head of the Catholic Church and leader of the Papal States from 22 September 1503 to his death. At just twenty-six
Pope Julius II
…was the privilege of the Bishop of Ostia to consecrate an elected pope a bishop, if he were not already a bishop. This actually occurred in the case of Pius III (Francesco Todeschini-Piccolomini), who was ordained a priest on 30 September 1503 and consecrated a bishop on 1 October 1503 by Cardinal Giuliano della…
Portrait of Pope Pius III, preserved at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Former tomb of Pius III