Person
Pope Leo X
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1513 to 1521; he granted the indulgence of 1515 and issued the bull Exsurge Domine against Luther.
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- head of Catholic Church (Pope) 1513–1521
Leo X headed the Catholic Church when Martin Luther wrote the Ninety-Five Theses. He signed Exsurge Domine in June 1520.
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head of
- Catholic Church 1513–1521 Pope Primary record 1
intervened in
- The Peter's indulgence 1515 granted the indulgence for eight years Scholarship & press 2
involved in
- The Peter's indulgence granted it for eight years Scholarship & press 2
authored
- Exsurge Domine 15 Jun 1520 Scholarship & press 3
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- 1513–1521 Pope Leo X head of Catholic Church
- 1515 Pope Leo X intervened in The Peter's indulgence
- 15 Jun 1520 Pope Leo X authored Exsurge Domine
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Exsurge Domine: Condemning the Errors of Martin Luther, Pope Leo X, 1520, Papal Encyclicals Online (Internet Archive copy), 15 Jun 1520.
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Leo X - 1513-1521
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Luther's Correspondence and Other Contemporary Letters, volume I, 1507-1521 (the editors' notes), Lutheran Publication Society, Philadelphia (scan on the Internet Archive), 1913.
Scholarship & press
Pope Leo X, in August, 1515, granted an indulgence sale for eight years.
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The Life and Letters of Martin Luther, by Preserved Smith, Houghton Mifflin, Boston (scan on the Internet Archive), 1911.
Scholarship & press
the bull was ratified and signed by Leo at his hunting-lodge at Magliana on June 15
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