# Pope Julius III

> He reconvened the Council of Trent, then largely abandoned reform for pleasure — and wrecked his legacy with a scandalous fixation on a teenage adopted nephew that shocked even Renaissance Rome.

*Pope of the Catholic Church from 1550 to 1555*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/pope-julius-iii

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Country:** Italy
- **Born:** 1487-09-10
- **Died:** 1555-03-23
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte built his career as a skilled diplomat before being elected pope on 22 February 1550 as a compromise after Paul III's death. He made brief, halfhearted gestures toward reform before turning his attention to personal indulgence. What destroyed him was his relationship with Innocenzo Ciocchi Del Monte, the adopted nephew he elevated despite the boy's unsavory origins and his own obvious obsession. The scandal poisoned both his reputation and the Church's at a moment when neither could afford it. He died in March 1555, the last pope to take the name Julius.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 61.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.2 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 24.4 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #167

## Topics
#Religious Figures, #Religious Figure, #Religion, #Early Modern Era

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q169911)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Julius_III)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Pope%20Julius%20III)
- [يوليوس التالت](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA)
- [III Yuli](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/III_Yuli)
- [Юлій III](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AE%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B9_III)
- [Юлий III](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9_III)
- [Jul III](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jul_III)
- [Juli III](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juli_III)
- [Gáu-huòng Iulius 3-sié](https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A1u-hu%C3%B2ng_Iulius_3-si%C3%A9)
- [Julius III.](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_III.)
- [Pab Iŵl III](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pab_I%C5%B5l_III)
- [Pave Julius 3.](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pave_Julius_3.)
- [Julius III.](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_III.)
- [Julius III](https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_III)
- [Πάπας Ιούλιος Γ΄](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%AC%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%82_%CE%99%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%93%CE%84)
- [Julio la 3-a](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julio_la_3-a)
- [Julio III](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julio_III)
- [Julius III](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_III)
- [Julio III.a](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julio_III.a)
- [پاپ ژولیوس سوم](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%BE_%DA%98%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85)
- [Julius III](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_III)
- [Jules III](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_III)
- [Pápa Iúil III](https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1pa_I%C3%BAil_III)
- [Xulio III, papa](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xulio_III%2C_papa)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Papa_Giulio_III)
- [Wikiquote](https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Juliusz_III)
- [Wikiquote](https://sr.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0_%D0%88%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B5_III)
- [Pous Julius III](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pous_Julius_III)
- [يوليوس الثالث](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB)

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