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Written by: Miles Pattenden, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry/Gender and Women's History Research Centre, Australian Catholic University

Portrait of Pope Leo X with Cardinals Giulio de' Medici and Luigi de' Rossi, circa 1518The Capodimonte Museum/Wikimedia Commons

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