0h 5min, may 9, 1513 y - Pope Leo X
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He made Rome a cultural center and a political power, but he depleted the papal treasury, and, by failing to take the developing Reformation seriously, he contributed to the dissolution of the Western church. Leo excommunicated Martin Luther in 1521, Leo died less than a month laterAdded to timeline:
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0h 5min, may 9, 1513 y
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~ 513 years ago