Who is Pope Clement VII?

Pope Clement VII was Pope during most of the First and Second Hapsburg-Valois Wars in Italy. In 1513 he was made archbishop of Florence and cardinal by his cousin Pope Leo X.  Clement allied with France in 1527, which led to Emperor Charles V’s sack of Rome. Clement’s indecisiveness complicated Henry VIII’s request for an annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon, which contributed to Henry’s decision to break with the church in Rome. His poor leadership also allowed the Reformation to develop further. He had the credit of being the main director of papal policy during the whole of Leo X’s pontificate, especially as cardinal protector of England. He was also the titular Bishop of Worcester in the county of Worcestershire in England as Administrator or the See of Worcester. Towards the end of his life, Clement VII once more gave indications of a leaning towards a French alliance, which was averted by his death in September 1534 in Rome after consuming a death cap mushroom. His body was interred in Santa Maria Sopra Minerva.

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