Leo X

[Giovanni de' Medici]
1475-1521

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Displaying 8 events/geographical origins

Biography

Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, born on 11 december 1475 in Florence, died in Rome on 1 december 1521. Second son of Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of the Florentine Republic, and Clarisse Orsini. Elevated to the cardinalate in 1489, he was elected 217th pope of the Catholic Church on 9 March 1513, under the name Leo X.
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BNF

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Information

  • Roles

    Dedicatee/Owner
    Employer/Patron
    Priest

  • Gender

    Male

Events

(YYYY-MM-DD)

7 in database

Geographical origins

Firenze (Italy)

Birth

1475-12-11
Firenze (Italy)

[As patron]

Ylaire Baron alias Turluron | Musical position | Member of a court chapel (musician)
1513/1522
Roma (Italy)


Institution: Capella Sistina, Roma (Italy)

[As patron]

Andreas de Silva | Musical performance | Composer
1513-03
Roma (Italy)


Comments: Compose le motet Gaude felix Florentia pour l'élection du pape Léon X le 11 mars 1513

[As patron]

Antoine Bruhier | Musical position | Choirmaster
1513-07-04/1521-03-11
Roma (Italy)


Comments: Dans la chapelle privée du souverain pontife avec le statut de musicus secretus et de cantor secretus.

[As patron]

Lupus Hellinck | Professional career - others | Member of a princely/private household
1518
Roma (Italy)

[As patron]

Andreas de Silva | Professional career - others | Member of a princely/private household
1519/1522
Roma (Italy)

Death

1521-12-01
Roma (Italy)

Variant names

Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici

Familial connections

No familial connection.

Bibliography

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Contributors

Canguilhem Philippe - Project manager

Fiala David - Project manager

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