Leo X
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(Giovanni de’Medici) 1475–1521, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1513–21 (son of Lorenzo de’Medici).
noun
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original name Giovanni de’ Medici. 1475–1521, pope (1513–21): noted for his patronage of Renaissance art and learning; excommunicated Luther (1521)
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