Son of Vincenzo Ciocchi del Monte and Cristofora Saracini, he was elected pope in 1550. His pontificate was characterised by nepotism and by an ineffective management of ecclesiastical reform.

IULIUS III
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Son of Vincenzo Ciocchi del Monte and Cristofora Saracini, he was elected pope in 1550. His pontificate was characterised by nepotism and by an ineffective management of ecclesiastical reform.