Raffaele Riario
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Raffaele Sansoni Galeoti Riario was an Italian cardinal of the Renaissance, mainly known as the constructor of the Palazzo della Cancelleria and the person who invited Michelangelo to Rome. He was a p
Raffaele Riario; detail of Raphael's Mass at Bolsena (1512–1514), Stanza di Eliodoro, Apostolic Palace
Pope Leo X
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Pope Leo X was head of the Catholic Church and leader of the Papal States from 9 March 1513 to his death in December 1521.
Raffaele Riario
…relative but not always his ally, raised him to the Bishopric of Ostia and Velletri. In June 1517, Cardinal Petrucci and others conspired against Pope Leo X (Giovanni dei Medici). Cardinal Riario refused to participate in the plot but was at least aware of Petrucci's intentions to murder the Pope and did…
Detail of the Portrait of Leo X (c. 1518–1520)
Santa Maria in Domnica
Raphael's Portrait of Leo X with his first cousins, the cardinals Giulio de' Medici (later Pope Clement VII) and Luigi de' Rossi (1518; Uffizi gallery, Florence).
Bulla Contra errores Martini Lutheri of 1521