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Ludwig von Pastor, Geschichte der Päpste, vol. 2 (1889; The History of the Popes, vol. 6, 1898), is the standard work of papal history; E.P. Rodocanochi, Histoire de Rome: Le Pontificat de Jules II, 1503–1513 (1928), the main French work on Julius; and G.B. Picotti, La politica italiana sotto il pontificato di Giulio II (1949), a study of Italian politics at the time of Julius. Two other biographies are C. Fusero, Giulio II (1965); and L. Bindi Senesi, Giulio II (1967).

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Anniversary information added. Feb 17, 2026
Anniversary information added. Dec 01, 2025
Media added. May 06, 2025
Revised for style. May 06, 2025
Corrected display issue. Mar 17, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Mar 18, 2024
Media added. Jan 30, 2024
Invalidated site: Luminarium - Biography of Pope Julius II. Oct 22, 2023
Links added. Aug 11, 2023
Links added. Aug 03, 2023
Add new Web site: McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia - Biography of Pope Julius II. May 16, 2022
Add new Web site: Art Encyclopedia - Biography of Pope Julius II. Mar 14, 2019
Changed title of the "Assessment" section to "Legacy." Nov 15, 2017
Article revised and updated. Dec 06, 2007
Added new Web site: Web Gallery of Art - Biography of Julius II. Jun 29, 2007
Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Pope Julius II. Nov 03, 2006
Media added. Jun 29, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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