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221st Roman Pontiff
Julius III
IVLIVS Tertius
Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte
221st Successor of St Peter · 1550–1555 · Rome · b. Rome, Papal States
1550
Elected
1555
Reign ended
5 years
Length
16th
Century
The Life
Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Reopened the Council of Trent (1551). Established the Collegium Germanicum (1552). The Innocenzo Scandal.
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