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A:Popes Paul II (1464-1471), Sixtus IV (1471-1484) and Pope Julius III (1550-1555) are said to have been gay, or openly homosexual.
- The papal biographer Bartolomeo Sacchi wrote of Paul II as "prone to lust", surrounding himself with attractive young men and shunning the close company of women.
- Pietro Riario is said to have been the lover of Pope Sixtus IV.
- The affairs of Pope Julius III were considered scandalous, especially with an illiterate 14-year-old boy he picked up on the streets of Parma and created as a cardinal
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