3 March 1555 A.D. Julius III (Giammaria Ciocchi Del Monte) Dies—Rome’s 221st; Fellow Hostage with Clement VII in Castel Sant’ Angelo During Charle V’s Seige
3 March 1555 A.D. Julius III (Giammaria Ciocchi Del Monte) Dies—Rome’s 221 st ; Fellow Hostage with Clement VII in Castel Sant’ Angelo During Charle V’s Seige; Re-opened Council of Trent; Notorious for Nepotism and Simony Ott, Michael. "Pope Julius III." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 8 . New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08564a.htm . Accessed 27 Sept 2014. Pope Julius III (GIAMMARIA CIOCCHI DEL MONTE). Born at Rome , 10 September, 1487; died there, 23 March, 1555. He was the son of a famous Roman jurist, studied jurisprudence at Perugia and Siena , and theology under the Dominican , Ambrosius Catharinus. In 1512 he succeeded his uncle Antonio del Monte as Archbishop of Siponto (Manfredonia), and in 1520 as Bishop of Pavia ...