Editing Pope Julius II (section)

==Early life==
Giuliano della Rovere was born in [[Albisola]] near [[Savona]] in the [[Genoa|Republic of Genoa]]. He was of the [[House of della Rovere]], a noble but impoverished family, the son of [[Raffaello della Rovere]]{{efn| The brother of Francesco della Rovere, later [[Pope Sixtus IV]]{{sfn|Pastor|1902|p=231 (IV)}}}} and Theodora Manerola, a woman of [[Greeks|Greek]] ancestry.{{sfn|Shaw|1997|p=10}} He had three brothers: Bartolomeo, a Franciscan friar who then became [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ferrara-Comacchio|Bishop of Ferrara]] (1474–1494);{{sfn|Eubel|1914|loc=[https://archive.org/details/hierarchiacathol02eubeuoft/page/153 p. 153]}} Leonardo; and [[Giovanni della Rovere|Giovanni]], Prefect of the City of Rome (1475–1501)<ref>{{harvnb|Sanuto ''I Diarii''||loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=LVHoAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA173 Vol. IV p. 174]}}.<br> {{harvnb|Burchard|1883|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=MNMDUhGaiDIC&pg=PA124 I, p. 24]}}</ref> and Prince of Sora and Senigallia. He also had a sister, Lucina (later the mother of Cardinal [[Sisto Gara della Rovere]]).{{sfn|Platina|1568|p=364}} Giuliano was educated by his uncle, Fr. Francesco della Rovere, [[Order of Friars Minor|O.F.M.]], among the [[Franciscan]]s, who took him under his special charge. He was later sent by this same uncle (who by that time had become [[List of Ministers General of the Order of Friars Minor|Minister General of the Franciscans]] (1464–1469)), to the Franciscan friary in [[Perugia]], where he could study the sciences at the university.{{sfn|Dumesnil|1873|loc=p. 6: "''Lorsqu' il fut devenu gḗnḗral de cet ordre, Sixte l'attacha au Couvent de Pḗrouse, afin qu'il y apprît les sciences''"}}<ref>As the Belford-Clarke edition of the unauthorized [[Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th edition|''Americanized ''[version of]'' Encyclopædia Britannica'' (1890)]] states, "He does not appear to have joined the [[Franciscans|order of St. Francis]], but to have remained one of the [[secular clergy]] until his elevation in 1471 to be [[bishop of Carpentras]] [in [[France]]], shortly after his uncle succeeded to the papal chair."</ref>

Della Rovere, as a young man, showed traits of being rough, coarse and inclined to bad language. During the late 1490s, he became more closely acquainted with Cardinal de’ Medici and his cousin [[Pope Clement VII|Giulio de’ Medici]], both of whom would later become Pope, (i.e. Leo X and Clement VII, respectively). The two dynasties became uneasy allies in the context of papal politics. Both houses desired an end to the occupation of Italian lands by the armies of France. He seemed less enthused by theology; rather, [[Paul Strathern]] argues, his imagined heroes were military leaders such as [[Frederic Colonna]].{{sfn|Strathern|2003|pp=246–248}}