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Probably in leading his troops in person, clad in armor. Among Renaissance Popes he was in most other things not thatunique, really. He had mistresses and illegitiate children and bribed his way into the papacy, just as so many Popes before and after him. But more than most Popes, he hardly was interested in theological issues. He saw himself purely a a 'worldly' lord, and was much happier in the saddle, brandishing a sword than reading The Bible.

He also was the Pope who had the old St. Peter's church torn down and who commisioned the building of the new one that still stands today. Also, he commissioned the famous paintings of the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo.

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