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". See also Art patronage of Julius II Cardinals created by Julius II Notes References Sources Online version by Cambridge University Press (20 November 2018). Vol. VII Part 1 - Vol. VII Part 2 Edition by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. (1911): Vol. IV - Vol. V - Vol. VI. Further reading External links Luminarium: Pope Julius II "Julius Excluded from Heaven" (1514) Satire attributed to Desiderius Erasmus. Julius II's Rome 1443 births 1513 deaths People from the Province of Savona Popes Italian popes Greek popes Italian people of Greek descent Cardinal-nephews Cardinal-bishops of Ostia Cardinal-bishops of Sabina Della Rovere family 15th-century Italian Roman Catholic archbishops 16th-century Italian Roman Catholic archbishops Bishops of Bologna Bishops of Carpentras Bishops of Catania Bishops of Coutances Bishops of Lodève Bishops of Mende Bishops of Savona Bishops of Vercelli Bishops of Viviers Major Penitentiaries of the Apostolic Penitentiary Renaissance Papacy 16th-century popes Italian art patrons Bishops of Lausanne 15th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Sicily Archbishops of Avignon Burials at St. Peter's Basilica