The Medici family were the powerful Italian family of bankers and merchants whose members ruled Florence for much of the 15th century. Cosimo and Lorenzo de' Medici were notable rulers and patrons of the arts in Florence. The family also provided four popes (including Leo X) and two queens of France (Catherine de' Medici and Marie de Médicis). Being in the money business, the Medici’s honed to a science making money using a complicated system of exchange (pawning) They paid the RC 2,000 florins a year for a special “license” that absolved them of this serious sin.
Indulgences are defined as, “a grant by the Pope of remission of the temporal punishment in purgatory still due for sins after absolution.” A “licence” is also a “grant”, one that
Indulgences are defined as, “a grant by the Pope of remission of the temporal punishment in purgatory still due for sins after absolution.” A “licence” is also a “grant”, one that