The Pope's Elephant
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| Originally published | 1997 |
| Authors | Silvio Bedini |
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| ID | 2909379 |
About The Pope's Elephant
In 1514, Rome, the Eternal City, was the center of the Christian world and home and workshop to Raphael, Leonardo, and Michelangelo. It was also the city of Pope Leo X, the pleasure-loving pontiff whose court was infamous for its excess, frivolity and impropriety, as well as for its newly-arrived white elephant Hanno. . . .