Tag: Julius II

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27th April 1509: Pope Julius II excommunicates the entire population of Venice

27th April 2023
Tagged as: Excommunication, Italy, Julius II, League of Cambrai, Pope, Venice

The interdict deprived the Venetians of their spiritual salvation, and was therefore a formidable weapon.

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18th April 1506: Construction begins on Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome

18th April 2023
Tagged as: Architecture, Catholicism, Church, Constantine the Great, Julius II, Michelangelo, Papacy, Renaissance, Rome, Urban VIII, Vatican, Vatican City

Pope Julius II laid the cornerstone of the current St. Peter’s Basilica, one of Catholicism’s most sacred buildings.