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The ostentatious story of the 'young pope' Leo X: his pet elephant, the cardinal he killed and his anal fistula
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CHRISTIAN Pope Leo X Engraved, hand-coloured roundel portrait of Pope Leo the Tenth, from William Roscoe's 1846 edition of 'The Life and Pontificate of Leo the Tenth' Stock Photo - Alamy
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Antique c1820 engraving, Pope Leo X. Pope Leo X (1475-1521), born Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, was Pope from 9 March 1513 to his death in 1521. SOURCE: ORIGINAL ENGRAVING portrait; steel,
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Old Portrait of Leo x. Pope Leo X, Born Giovanni De' Medici, 1701 For Sale at 1stDibs | pope leo x painting
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