pepeverse: Portrait of Pepe Julius II

Pepe Julius II (Italian: Papa Giulio II; Latin: Iulius II; born 1443 – 1513) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1503 to his death in 1513. Nicknamed the Warrior Pepe or the Fearsome Pepe, he chose his papal name not in honour of Pepe Julius I but in emulation of Julius Caesar. One of the most powerful and influential pepes, Julius II was a central figure of the High Renaissance and left a significant cultural and political legacy. As a result of his policies during the Wars, the Papal States remained independent and centralized, and the office of the papacy continued to be crucial, diplomatically and politically, during the entirety of the 16th century.