Sources: The Smart Set; Saints and Sinners: A History of the Popes Leo X allowed the faithful to buy their way into heaven. After becoming pope in 1513, Leo X became a famous patron of the arts ...
Diana, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons His memory was honored by the Pope himself, who went so far as to compose an epitaph about him. Even the famous painter Raphael, whose studio was close ...
Speaking to Catholic pilgrims from Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland on Feb. 3, the pope shared a special message ...