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Clement VII

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Clement VII Originally Giulio de' Medici. 1475?-1534.
Pope (1523-1534) who refused to grant the divorce of Henry VIII from Catherine of Aragon and was unable to stop Henry's break with the Roman Catholic Church.

Clement VII
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(Biographies / Clement VII (1478-1534) M, Italian, RELIGION: pope) original name Giulio de' Medici. 1478-1534, pope (1523-34): refused to authorize the annulment of the marriage of Henry VIII of England to Catherine of Aragon (1533)
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Noun1.Clement VII - Italian pope from 1523 to 1534 who broke with Henry VIII of England after Henry VIII divorced Catherine of Aragon and married Anne Boleyn (1478-1534)


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The other cardinal in Raphael's painting is Giulio de' Medici, the future Clement VII (1523-34).
The Anglican Church itself separated from the Roman Catholic Church; it was created by England's King Henry VIII in the 16th century after Pope Clement VII wouldn't grant him a divorce from Catherine of Aragon.
In 1522, Christians in England considered Pope Clement VII, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, to be their spiritual leader.
 
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