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Pope
Paul III
Bishop of Rome
Portrait of Pope Paul III, 1543
Church
Catholic Church
Papacy began
13 October 1534
Papacy ended
10 November 1549
Predecessor
Clement VII
Successor
Julius III
Orders
Ordination
26 June 1519
Consecration
2 July 1519 by Leo X
Created cardinal
20 September 1493 by Alexander VI
Personal details
Born
Alessandro Farnese
29 February 1468
Canino, Lazio, Papal States
Died
10 November 1549(1549-11-10) (aged 81) Rome, Papal States
Buried
St. Peter's Basilica
Partner
Silvia Ruffini (mistress)
Children
Pier Luigi II Farnese Paolo Farnese Ranuccio Farnese Costanza Farnese Lucrezia Farnese
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Pope Paul III (Latin: Paulus III; Italian: Paolo III; 29 February 1468 – 10 November 1549), born Alessandro Farnese, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 October 1534 to his death, in November 1549.
He came to the papal throne in an era following the sack of Rome in 1527 and rife with uncertainties in the Catholic Church as the Protestant Reformation progressed. His pontificate initiated the Catholic Reformation with the Council of Trent in 1545, and witnessed wars of religion in which Emperor Charles V launched military campaigns against the Protestants in Germany. He recognized new Catholic religious orders and societies such as the Jesuits, the Barnabites, and the Congregation of the Oratory. His efforts were distracted by nepotism to advance the power and fortunes of his family, including his illegitimate son Pier Luigi Farnese.
Paul III was a significant patron of artists including Michelangelo, and it is to him that Nicolaus Copernicus dedicated his heliocentric treatise.
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