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given name was Giuliano della Rovere
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This was shortly after his uncle had become pope
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He was promoted to Cardinal of San Pietro in Vincula, which his uncle used to be. With his uncle as Pope, he had a lot of power and he held no fewer than eight bishoprics, including Lausanne from 1472, and Coutances from 1476, along with the archbishopric of Avignon.
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Stayed there for four years. Gave himself more power withen other cardinals.
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Felice della Rovere. Mother was Lucrezia Normanni, the daughter of an old Roman family. She was also known as Madonna Felice. Was one of the most powerful women of the italian renaissance.
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Got elected into the papacy
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Julius had michelanglo paint the ceiling of the sistine chapel
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This at the time was forbidden. He did this as a sign of mourning at the loss of the city of Bologna. Pope Clement VII grew a beard as a sign of mourning at the sack of rome in 1527. Pope Julius influed other popes.
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He had the church claim that capernicus' theory that the earth revolves around the sun was false. Now we know that this is in fact the truth.
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