Editing Pope Julius II (section)

===Depiction===
* Julius features prominently in ''[[The Prince]]'' of [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] (1532), both as an enemy of leading protagonist [[Cesare Borgia]], and as an example of an ecclesiastical prince who consolidates authority and wisely follows ''Fortuna''.
* [[Barbara Tuchman]], in her book ''The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam'', offers a narrative of Julius II's career.<ref name=Tuchman1984>{{cite book |last=Tuchman |first=Barbara W. |date=1984 |title=The March of Folly |publisher=Knopf |isbn=978-0394527772 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v5YlBtzklvQC}}</ref> Her overall assessment of Julius is strongly negative,{{Where|date=March 2012}} and she attributes the [[Protestant Reformation]] to his and other Renaissance popes' abuses.{{r|Tuchman1984}}
* In the 1965 film ''[[The Agony and the Ecstasy (film)|The Agony and the Ecstasy]]'' about the life of Michelangelo, Julius is portrayed as a soldier-pope (though without facial hair) by [[Rex Harrison]]. The film is a dramatization based upon [[The Agony and the Ecstasy (novel)|the 1961 book of the same name]] by [[Irving Stone]].
* Della Rovere was portrayed by [[Alfred Burke]] in the 1981 BBC series ''[[The Borgias (1981 TV series)|The Borgias]]'', by [[Colm Feore]] in [[Neil Jordan]]'s 2011 series ''[[The Borgias (2011 TV series)|The Borgias]]'', and by [[Dejan Čukić]] in [[Tom Fontana]]'s 2011 series, ''[[Borgia (TV series)|Borgia]]''.
* On 30 November 2003, Cardinal [[Angelo Sodano]], then [[Secretary of State of the Holy See]], presided in a Eucharistic concelebration commemorating the fifth centenary of the election of Pope Julius II in the Cathedral [[Basilica]] of [[Savona]]. In his sermon<ref>[https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/secretariat_state/2003/documents/rc_seg-st_20031130_sodano-savona_en.html Sermon Cardinal Sodano on the pontificate of Pope Julius II], the Vatican, 30 November 2003.</ref> he explained that [[Pope John Paul II]], to pay homage to his great predecessor, had sent him (Sodano) as his Legate. Admitting that it is difficult to understand the methods of government of that time, Sodano stressed that the work of the [[Pope|Bishop of Rome]] should be seen in its proper context. Praising Julius for entrusting the construction of St. Peter's Basilica in its present form to the genius of Bramante in 1505, he said it is certain that Julius liked to think big and wanted the Church of Rome to shine before the world with a visible beauty too. The Cardinal stated, "How can we fail to think of him when we contemplate the grandeur of St. Peter's Basilica?" and "How can we forget that it was he who created in 1506 the [[Swiss Guard]] Corps, with the characteristic uniform that we still admire today?" The Cardinal called Pope Julius II "a Pope who strove to serve the Church and to sacrifice himself for her until the Lord called him at the age of 72".