In this chair
The warrior pope. He commissioned Michelangelo for the Sistine ceiling and Raphael for the stanze. The new St. Peter’s began under him. The papacy as Renaissance prince — and as patron of the greatest sacred art in Europe.
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Bishop of Rome, 1503 – 1513

In this chair
The warrior pope. He commissioned Michelangelo for the Sistine ceiling and Raphael for the stanze. The new St. Peter’s began under him. The papacy as Renaissance prince — and as patron of the greatest sacred art in Europe.