That one, nicknamed "the Warrior Pope," commissioned the rebuilding of St. Peter's Basilica.
One pope with this name decreed December 25 to be the date of the Nativity, but is better known for convening a synod exonerating Athanasius and his bishops from blame. Another pope with this name, along with Pius III, dashed George D'Amboise's hopes of obtaining the papacy and recruited Matthaus Schinner to command the first iteration of the Swiss Guard. The most famous Pope with this name convoked the Fifth Lateran Council, created the League of Cambrai, and was the dedicatee of the Moses and Dying Slave sculpted in his namesake unfinished tomb. That one, nicknamed "the Warrior Pope," commissioned the rebuilding of St. Peter's Basilica. For 10 points, the second pope to adopt what name commissioned Michelangelo's decoration of the Sistine Chapel ceiling?
One pope with this name decreed December 25 to be the date of the Nativity, but is better known for convening a synod exonerating Athanasius and his bishops from blame.
Julius