Julius II. citáty
Julius II.
Datum narození: 5. prosinec 1443
Datum úmrtí: 21. únor 1513
Julius II. , rodným jménem Giuliano della Rovere, přezdívaný „papež válečník“ , byl římskokatolický duchovní, který úřad papeže zastával od roku 1503 až do své smrti v roce 1513. Nejvíce proslul svojí bojovnou politikou proti četným nepřátelům. Byl však také znám jako mecenáš umění a podporoval velké stavební projekty, například přestavbu baziliky sv. Petra a výzdobu Sixtinské kaple. Dále v roce 1506 vytvořil Švýcarskou gardu jako elitní jednotku pro svoji ochranu.
Citáty Julius II.
„By his modesty. his readiness, his prudence, and his other virtues he has known how to earn the affections of every one… The damsel, either out of her own contrariness, or because so induced by others, which is easier to believe, constantly refuses to hear of the wedding.“
Letter to the Pope about Cesare Borgia and Charlotte of Naples (18 January 1499), as quoted in The Life of Cesare Borgia (1912) by Rafael Sabatini, Book III The Bull Rampant
„I will not live in the same rooms as the Borgias lived. He [Pope Alexander VI] desecrated the Holy Church as none before. He usurped the papal power by the devil's aid, and I forbid under the pain of excommunication anyone to speak or think of Borgia again. His name and memory must be forgotten. It must be crossed out of every document ad memorial. His reign must be obliterated. All paintings made of the Borgias or for them must be covered over with black crepe. All the tombs of the Borgias must be opened and their bodies sent back to where they belong — to Spain.“
As quoted in Sex Lives of the Popes (1996) by Nigel Cawthorne, p. 219
