Painted in 1523-24, the Baptism appears on the west wall directly across from the Vision and shows Constantine being baptized by Pope Sylvester I, who has been given the features of
Pope Clement VII, under whose auspices the fresco was executed.
Chief Vatican spokesman the Rev Federico Lombardi said it was untrue that the Pontiff would give the Prince a luxury facsimile of the 1530 appeal by English peers to
Pope Clement VII for the annulment of Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon..
During the disastrous sack of Rome by the troops of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V in 1527,
Pope Clement VII fled to the Castel--the only major building in the city to survive unscathed.
In the aftermath, with much of her property confiscated by
Pope Clement VII, she performed her greatest act of diplomacy to get it back.
Recruits are always sworn in on May 6, marking the day in 1527 when 147 Swiss Guards died while protecting
Pope Clement VII during the sacking of Rome.
An intense period of productivity under the Medici
pope Clement VII starting in 1524 was cut short in 1527 by Charles V's sack of Rome and the artist's narrow escape to Bologna.
Giacomo Balducci John Del Carlo Teresa Isabel Bayrakdarian Benvenuto Cellini Marcello Giordani Fieramosca Peter Coleman-Wright Bernardino Patrick Carfizzi Francesco Eduardo Valdes Innkeeper Bernard Fitch Ascanio Kristine Jepson Pompeo Galen Scott Bower
Pope Clement VII Robert Lloyd Noted theater director Andrei Serban, who has staged numerous operas for national and international companies, drew a tough assignment for his Metropolitan Opera debut.
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.
Itty's denomination is a 2.3 million member body that is part of the 77 million strong Anglican Communion, which traces its roots to Henry VIII's break with
Pope Clement VII in the 16th century.
In 1522, Christians in England considered
Pope Clement VII, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, to be their spiritual leader.