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Why did Giovanni deā Medici return to Florence after trying to settle in Rome in 1492?
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Pope Leo X, contemporary medallion; in the coin collection of the Vatican Library.
Giovanni deā Medici, who later became Pope Leo X, returned to Florence in 1492 following the death of his father, Lorenzo the Magnificent, in that same year. After his father's passing, Giovanni went to live in Florence with his elder brother, Piero.1