Clement VII

noun

1. Giulio de' Medici, 1478–1534, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1523–34 (nephew of Lorenzo de' Medici).

Clement VII

noun

1. Clement VII14781534MItalianRELIGION: pope original name Giulio de' Medici. 1478–1534, pope (1523–34): refused to authorize the annulment of the marriage of Henry VIII of England to Catherine of Aragon (1533)

Example Sentences

Clement VII, who regretted that he had issued the bull, to which he had been forced, sympathized with their grievances.

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