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=media type="custom" key="2619249" Pope Leo X=

Here are a few details about my life:

 * I was born on the 11th of December 1475 in Florence and I died on the 1st December 1521. I was the pope between** ** March 11, 1513 and December 1, 1521. (for 8 years) I was the last pope that was not a priest and I was the second son of Lorenzo the Magnificent and Clarice Orsini.**

I contributed to the Renaissance in the following ways:

 * I was the most extravagant pope during the Renaissance because of the way I made Italy the center of culture in Europe and how I raised the office of the pope to political power.**

I think these contributions were particularly important because:

 * If I had not been able to bring Italy to the cultured place it is today, then people wouldn't of made such a fuss about who was the pope and the Renaissance would never have happened.**

The picture included on this page helps to show that:

 * I am a man of power, with my men by my side. Holding the bible also shows I am a man of true religion.**

Some Facts:

 * My real name was Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici.**
 * I loved traveling Rome in my white elephant, Hanno.**

Sources:
www.nndb.com/people/180/000092901 [|www.newadvent.org/cathen/09162a.htm] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**Pope**_**Leo**_**X**

Other sites you may look at:
http://www.vatican.va/phome_en.htm http://www.activehistory.co.uk/Miscellaneous/free_stuff/renaissance/frameset.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance