. The Catholic encyclopedia; an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline, and history of the Catholic Church . as bom 4 Aug.,1470; d. at Rome, 9 1520. His obscureparentage did not prevent liim from securing aliterarj- training at the hands of the best scholarsand from associating with the most conspicuous menthat Florence could boast. A jo\ial temper andracy Tuscan wit enhancing the charm of goodlooks and courtly manners soon made him the pre-ceptor as well as the boon companion of Giovanmdei Medicis merry hours. When the Medici werebanished and sorrow fo
. The Catholic encyclopedia; an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline, and history of the Catholic Church . as bom 4 Aug.,1470; d. at Rome, 9 1520. His obscureparentage did not prevent liim from securing aliterarj- training at the hands of the best scholarsand from associating with the most conspicuous menthat Florence could boast. A jo\ial temper andracy Tuscan wit enhancing the charm of goodlooks and courtly manners soon made him the pre-ceptor as well as the boon companion of Giovanmdei Medicis merry hours. When the Medici werebanished and sorrow followed mirth (Nov., 1494) itwas seen that a gay man of the world could becomea brave and steadfast friend. Not long after,the protection of Julius II and many honours atthe Roman court were to be his reward. In 1513his strenuous exertions on behalf of his hfelongpatron secured tlie election of Giovarmi dei Medicito the pontifical throne. Such services Leo Xrepaid by bestownng on him the purple robe, ap-pointing him his treasurer and entrusting himwith many important missions, among them alegation to France (1518). Later on, the cardinals. Cardin.\l Bibbiena strong sympathies for France lost him Leos con-fidence. The storj-, however, that he was spite of Gio\io and Grassis reports, has abso-lutely no foundation. (Pastor, Geschichte derPapste, IV, Part I, Leo X.) As cardinal he stead-ily extended agenerous pat-ronage to Raphael,whose devotionhe won, we havehis best literarj fameis mainly con-nected with thefirst good com-edy written inItalian prose,La Calandra(also, known as11 Calandroand La Calan-dria), a dis-tinctly juvenileproduction,probably givenfor the firsttime at Lrbino,about 1507, and verj- elaborately performed atRome, seven years later, in the presence of Leo Xand Isabella Gonzaga dEste. Marchioness of marred by many scenes glaringly immoral,and though built upon the plot of PlautussMenoechmi, it possessed the features of
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