Julius II

noun

1. Giuliano della Rovere, 1443–1513, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1503–13.

Julius II

/ ˈdʒuːljəs; -lɪəs /

noun

1. Julius II14431513MItalianRELIGION: pope original name Guiliano della Rovere. 1443–1513, pope (1503–13). He completed the restoration of the Papal States to the Church, began the building of St Peter's, Rome (1506), and patronized Michelangelo, Raphael, and Bramante

Example Sentences

For Pope Julius II, his newfound beard was an appropriate sign of mourning to the loss of Bologna and other Papal territories to the Republic of Venice, his sworn enemy.

From Salon

Michelangelo painted the ceiling for Pope Julius II between 1508 and 1512.

From Reuters

She feels the same, she said, when she dusts the Galleria’s so-called prisoners or slaves, four figures Michelangelo designed for the mausoleum of Pope Julius II but left unfinished.

From New York Times

It is also worth remembering that St. Peter’s Basilica was knocked down and rebuilt by Pope Julius II in 1506 to similar outcry, and the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran, one of the oldest Catholic churches in the world, has been rebuilt half a dozen times, each reconstruction adding a piece of “contemporary” art.

From Washington Post

A political hostage of Pope Julius II in 16th-century Rome, Federico is confined to the Vatican, but he is not exactly suffering.

From New York Times