1478 - 1534
Pope Clement VII (Latin: Clemens VII; Italian: Clemente VII; born Giulio de' Medici; 26 May 1478 – 25 September 1534) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 November 1523 to his death on 25 September 1534. Deemed "the most unfortunate of the popes", Clement VII's reign was marked by a rapid succession of political, military, and religious struggles—many long in the making—which had far-reaching consequences for Christianity and world politics.Elected in 1524 at the end of the Italian Renaissance, Clement came to the papacy with a high reputation as a statesman. He had served with distinction as chief advisor to Pope Leo X (1513–1521, his cousin), Pope Adrian VI (1522–1523), and commendably as gran maestro of Florence (1519–1523). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Clement VII has received more than 2,409,704 page views. His biography is available in 74 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 71 in 2019). Pope Clement VII is the 58th most popular religious figure (down from 49th in 2019), the 60th most popular biography from Italy (down from 58th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Italian Religious Figure.
Pope Clement VII is most famous for being the pope during the time of the Protestant Reformation.
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Among religious figures, Pope Clement VII ranks 58 out of 2,238. Before him are Job, Pope Pius XII, Bartholomew the Apostle, Jerome, Anthony the Great, and Anthony of Padua. After him are Luke the Evangelist, Benedict of Nursia, Abu Hanifa, Hildegard of Bingen, Pope Alexander VI, and Thomas the Apostle.
2300 BC - 1945 BC
HPI: 79.57
Rank: 52
1876 - 1958
HPI: 79.51
Rank: 53
100 BC - 100
HPI: 79.39
Rank: 54
345 - 420
HPI: 79.39
Rank: 55
251 - 356
HPI: 79.25
Rank: 56
1195 - 1231
HPI: 79.22
Rank: 57
1478 - 1534
HPI: 79.12
Rank: 58
31 - 84
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Rank: 59
480 - 543
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 60
698 - 767
HPI: 78.82
Rank: 61
1098 - 1179
HPI: 78.69
Rank: 62
1431 - 1503
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Rank: 63
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Rank: 64
Among people born in 1478, Pope Clement VII ranks 3. Before him are Thomas More and Francisco Pizarro. After him are Hayreddin Barbarossa, Philip I of Castile, Giorgione, Baldassare Castiglione, John, Prince of Asturias, Jan Gossaert, Pánfilo de Narváez, Hatuey, and Surdas. Among people deceased in 1534, Pope Clement VII ranks 1. After him are Hafsa Sultan, Antonio da Correggio, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Marcantonio Raimondi, Thomas Cajetan, Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, Stephen VIII Báthory, Barbara Jagiellon, Otto Brunfels, and Antonio da Sangallo the Elder.
1478 - 1535
HPI: 80.66
Rank: 1
1478 - 1541
HPI: 79.19
Rank: 2
1478 - 1534
HPI: 79.12
Rank: 3
1478 - 1546
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1478 - 1506
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1478 - 1510
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1478 - 1529
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1478 - 1497
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1478 - 1532
HPI: 61.67
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1478 - 1528
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 10
1478 - Present
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 11
1478 - 1583
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1478 - 1534
HPI: 79.12
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1479 - 1534
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1489 - 1534
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1486 - 1534
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1476 - 1534
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1480 - 1534
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1469 - 1534
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1478 - 1534
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1488 - 1534
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1455 - 1534
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Among people born in Italy, Pope Clement VII ranks 60 out of 4,668. Before him are Claudio Monteverdi (1567), Sophia Loren (1934), Empedocles (-490), Federico Fellini (1920), Fibonacci (1170), and Lucretius (-94). After him are Umberto Eco (1932), Guglielmo Marconi (1874), Vespasian (9), Antonio Stradivari (1644), Benedict of Nursia (480), and Luciano Pavarotti (1935).
1567 - 1643
HPI: 79.43
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1934 - Present
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490 BC - 430 BC
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1920 - 1993
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1170 - 1240
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94 BC - 55 BC
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1478 - 1534
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1932 - 2016
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1874 - 1937
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1644 - 1737
HPI: 78.94
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480 - 543
HPI: 78.85
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1935 - 2007
HPI: 78.84
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Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Clement VII ranks 7. Before him are Francis of Assisi (1182), Saint Lucy (283), Pope John Paul I (1912), Pope John XXIII (1881), Pope Gregory I (540), and Pope Pius XII (1876). After him are Benedict of Nursia (480), Pope Pius XI (1857), Saint Valentine (226), Pope Sylvester I (300), Pope Gregory XIII (1502), and Pope Julius II (1443).
1182 - 1226
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Rank: 1
283 - 304
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1912 - 1978
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Rank: 3
1881 - 1963
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Rank: 4
540 - 604
HPI: 79.59
Rank: 5
1876 - 1958
HPI: 79.51
Rank: 6
1478 - 1534
HPI: 79.12
Rank: 7
480 - 543
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 8
1857 - 1939
HPI: 78.59
Rank: 9
226 - 273
HPI: 78.54
Rank: 10
300 - 335
HPI: 78.52
Rank: 11
1502 - 1585
HPI: 78.39
Rank: 12
1443 - 1513
HPI: 78.25
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