Leo X and the excommunication of Martin Luther: the start of the Protestant Reformation | EUROtoday

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The identify Leone – chosen by Robert Francis Prevost – was introduced by 13 Papi Primo di Leone XIV, the identify chosen by the brand new pontiff, ranging from the fifth century till the start of the 20th century.

This identify, which recollects power and majesty, was adopted by a few of the most influential popes within the historical past of the Church.

The legacy of those popes extends over greater than 1,500 years and embraces eras of disaster, non secular rebirth and profound political and non secular transformations

Leo X (1513–1521), son of Lorenzo de ‘Medici

In explicit, Leo X (Pope from 1513 to 1521), son of Lorenzo de ‘Medici, represents the summit of the papal Renaissance.

Under his hold forth, Rome flourished artistically, however It was additionally the interval wherein the Protestant reform exploded: in 1517 Martin Luther launched into his 95 theses. Leo X excommunicated him in 1521.