Renaissance Popes: Julius II, The Warrior Pope (1508-1513)

Alexander was succeeded by Pius III. Though a pontiff, he, too, was the unmarried man of a large family. A month after his elevation to the papal throne, he died from the gout and other infirmities. His successor was Julius II, whose original name was Giuliano delle Rovere. The place of his birth was Savona and his parents were humble people. As an occupant of the chair of St. Peter, he was a pope only in name, his ambition being solely regal and military and in no sense ecclesiastical....