simony is the buying or selling of a spiritual office, act, or privilege. The term comes from Simon Magus, the magician who tried to buy the power to bestow miracles from the Apostles (Acts 8:18). It is not necessary for money to change hands in order for an act to be deemed simony; if any kind of compensation is offered, and if the motive for the deal is a personal gain of some kind, then simony is the offense.
Pope Clement
Clement VII, Italian pope from 1523 to 1534. He was primarily seen as a Renaissance prince preoccupied with Italian politics and the advancement of his family, the Medici. His indecisiveness allowed the Protestant Reformation to grow and resulted in Henry VIII’s eventual split from Rome.
Julius
Julius II, born Giuliano della Rovere on Dec. 5, 1443, in the Republic of Genoa, was the greatest art patron of the papal line, commissioning Michelangelo’s Moses and paintings in the Sistine Chapel and Raphael’s frescoes in the Vatican.
Catherine
Catherine of Aragon (born December 16, 1485, died January 7, 1536) She married Arthur, eldest son of King Henry VII of Englan, who died the following year. before the marriage was consummated. She then married Henry VIII in 1509 and gave birth to six children, five being stillborn or died in early infancy. Her only living child, Mary I, later became queen of England, 1553–58. Henry separated and divorced her in July 1553 to marry Anne Boleyn.
