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Where did Cardinal Giovanni deā Medici travel during the Medici exile?
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Leo X
Pope Leo X, contemporary medallion; in the coin collection of the Vatican Library.
Following the exile of the Medici family from Florence in November 1494, Cardinal Giovanni deā Mediciāwho later became Pope Leo Xāspent the subsequent six years traveling throughout northern Europe. He eventually returned to Italy in 1500, where he settled in Rome.1