medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Marjorie Greene wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know why the sixteenth-century Julius II chose to name
>> himself after this guy?
>
> Two possibilities, both rather lame:
> 1) his given name was Giuliano and he wanted to stay as close to it as
> possible;
I don't think that's lame at all - there was no "Pope Julian" (although a
check of Google suggests that both popes are often called "Julian" in
American writing), so it was effectively his own name. One of his
successors, Adrian VI, seems to be the last pope to have used his own name.
John Briggs
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