Historedia
Person

Pope Leo X

Events
3
Episodes
4
Years
1515–1520

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Pope Leo X, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Signing of the Concordat of Bologna

    1515

    Role: Head of the Catholic Church

    1. 11–15 December 1515 · BolognaBologna Meetings

      Francis I and Pope Leo X held personal meetings in Bologna to lay the groundwork for the concordat.

  2. Erasmus publishes Novum Instrumentum omne

    1516

    Role: Dedicatee

    1. 1516 · BaselDedication to Pope Leo X

      Erasmus dedicated the 1516 Novum Instrumentum omne to Pope Leo X, framing the work within the humanist ad fontes program.

    2. 1 March 1516 · BaselPrinting Completion

      The printing of the Novum Instrumentum omne was completed in Basel on 1 March 1516, following a start date of 2 October 1515.

  3. Excommunication of Luther

    1520

    Role: Head of the Catholic Church who issued the excommunication bull

    1. 15 June 1520 · UnknownRefusal to Recant

      Luther refused to recant forty-one propositions from his writings after the warning in Exsurge Domine.

Sources

  1. Pope Leo X Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-08
  2. Concordat of Bologna Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-24
  3. Novum Instrumentum omne Wikipedia, revision of 2026-05-26