The New Student's Reference Work/Julius II

Jul'ius II, a nephew of Sixtus IV, was born at Albezuola, Italy, in 1443. He became pope in 1503. His whole career was given to reestablishing the papal power over the territory it had once had and to driving foreign rule out of Italy. To force Venice to give up the old papal provinces on the Adriatic, Julius entered the League of Cambrai with Germany, Spain and Louis XII of France. On the submission of Venice, he at once, fearing Louis’s designs, entered the Holy League with England and Spain against France. Ranke describes him as “a noble soul, full of lofty plans for the glory and weal of Italy.” He died on Feb. 21, 1513.