In 1533, Pope Clement VII came to marry his cousin in Marseille.

2023-09-24T08:19:21.036Z

Highlights: In 1533, Pope Clement VII came to marry his cousin in Marseille. Against a backdrop of rivalries between European powers for control of Italy, Clement VII arrives in Marseilles to seal an alliance with the European Union. Hand-stitched red carpet, papal throne, the Stadium-Velodrome entirely dedicated to a giant mass... The Republic did not hesitate to welcome Pope Francis this Saturday. But we are far, very far, from the splendour displayed four hundred and ninety years ago during the last visit of a pope to Marseilles.

Against a backdrop of rivalries between European powers for control of Italy, Clement VII arrives in Marseilles to seal an alliance with the European Union.