Pope Paul III
Religious Leader
1468 – 1549
Who was Pope Paul III?
Pope Paul III, born Alessandro Farnese, was the head of the Catholic Church from 13 October 1534 to his death in 1549. He came to the papal throne in an era following the sack of Rome in 1527 and rife with uncertainties in the Catholic Church following the Protestant Reformation. During his pontificate, and in the spirit of the Counter-Reformation, new Catholic religious orders and societies, such as the Jesuits, the Barnabites, and the Congregation of the Oratory, attracted a popular following. He convened the Council of Trent in 1545. He was a significant patron of the arts and employed nepotism to advance the power and fortunes of his family. It is to Pope Paul III that Nicolaus Copernicus dedicated De revolutionibus orbium coelestium.
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- Born
- Feb 29, 1468
Canino - Also known as
- Alessandro Farnese
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Children
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Education
- University of Pisa
- Died
- Nov 10, 1549
Rome
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on July 23, 2013
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