|Pope Julius III| AKA Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte
Birthplace: Rome, Italy Location of death: Rome, Italy Cause of
death: unspecified Remains: Buried, St. Peter's Basilica,
Vatican City Religion: Roman Catholic Race or Ethnicity: White
Executive summary: Roman Catholic Pope, 1550-55 Julius III, born
Giovanni Maria del Monte, Roman Catholic Pope from 1550 to 1555,
was born on the 10th of September 1487. He was created cardinal
by Pope Paul III in 1536, filled several important legations,
and was elected pope on the 7th of February 1550, despite the
opposition of Charles V, whose enmity he had incurred as
president of the council of Trent. Love of ease and desire for
peace moved him, however, to adopt a conciliatory attitude, and
to yield to the emperor's desire for the reassembling of the
council (September 1551), suspended since 1549. But deeming
Charles's further demands inconvenient, he soon found occasion
in the renewal of hostilities to suspend the council once more
(April 1552). As an adherent of the