Julius III

American  

noun

1. Giammaria Ciocchi del MonteGiovanni Maria del Monte, 1487–1555, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1550–55.

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Example Sentences

Pope Julius III: President Trump has made many embarrassing political appointments, including naming a celebrity handbag designer ambassador to South Africa.

From Washington Post

Andreas de Laguna, a physician to Pope Julius III who Corson cites in his history of makeup, said the paint had been invented by the devil.

From Slate

Exactly on that spot was the existing statue found, lying under the partition-wall of two houses, whose proprietors intended to evade disputes by dividing it, when Cardinal Capodifero interfered, and in return received it as a gift from Pope Julius III., who bought it for 500 gold crowns.

From Project Gutenberg

Then the pope, "being inspired by God," says Vasari, sent for Michael Angelo, then in his seventy-second year, who continued the work under Julius III., returning to the plan of a Greek cross, enlarging the tribune and transepts, and beginning the dome on a new plan, which he said would "raise the Pantheon in the air."

From Project Gutenberg

The existing remains, which only date from the time of Julius III., are highly picturesque.

From Project Gutenberg