Leo X

[Giovanni de' Medici]
1475-1521

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Displaying 13 events/geographical origins

Biography

Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, born on 11 december 1475 in Florence, died in Rome on 1 december 1521. Second son of Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of the Florentine Republic, and Clarisse Orsini. Elevated to the cardinalate in 1489, he was elected 217th pope of the Catholic Church on 9 March 1513, under the name Leo X.
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  • Roles

    Dedicatee/Owner
    Employer/Patron
    Priest

  • Gender

    Male

Events

(YYYY-MM-DD)

12 in database

Geographical origins

Firenze (Italy)

Birth

1475-12-11
Firenze (Italy)

[As patron]

Ylaire Baron alias Turluron | Musical position | Member of a court chapel (musician)
1513/1522
Roma (Italy)


Institution: Papal chapel, Città del Vaticano (Vatican City State)

[As patron]

Andreas de Silva | Musical performance | Composer
1513-03
Roma (Italy)


Comments: Compose le motet Gaude felix Florentia pour l'élection du pape Léon X le 11 mars 1513

[As patron]

Antoine Bruhier | Musical position | Choirmaster
1513-07-04/1521-03-11
Roma (Italy)


Comments: Dans la chapelle privée du souverain pontife avec le statut de musicus secretus et de cantor secretus.

[As patron]

Jean Bonnevin alias Beausseron | Musical position | Member of a court chapel (musician)
1514-06/1521
Città del Vaticano (Vatican City State)


Institution: Papal chapel, Città del Vaticano (Vatican City State)

Bibliography: Haberl Bst

[As patron]

Robert de Thinille [Thiville ?] | Musical position | Member of a court chapel (musician)
1515/1516
Città del Vaticano (Vatican City State)


Institution: Papal chapel, Città del Vaticano (Vatican City State)

[As patron]

Guillaume Gomont | Musical position | Member of a court chapel (musician)
1517-09-24/1521
Città del Vaticano (Vatican City State)


Institution: Papal chapel, Città del Vaticano (Vatican City State)

Bibliography: Frey 1955-1956

[As patron]

Lupus Hellinck | Professional career - others | Member of a princely/private household
1518
Roma (Italy)

[As patron]

Andreas de Silva | Professional career - others | Member of a princely/private household
1519/1522
Roma (Italy)

[As patron]

Petrus Pirrinus | Musical position | Member of a princely/private household
1520/1521
Città del Vaticano (Vatican City State)


Institution: Private chapel of pope Leo X, Città del Vaticano (Vatican City State)

Bibliography: Frey 1955-1956

[As patron]

Petrus Pirrinus | Benefice | Member of a church (lower ranked officer)
1520-08
Aramon (France)


Bibliography: Frey 1955-1956

Death

1521-12-01
Roma (Italy)

Variant names

Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici

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Bibliography

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Contributors

Philippe Vendrix - Project manager

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