# Giovanni de' Medici — Romola character guide

> Giovanni de' Medici in Romola by George Eliot.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Cardinal Giovanni de ' Medici, the Cardinal Giovanni, the Medici

**First appearance:** 0024-xxi-florence-expects-a-guest

## Who they are

The young Cardinal, later Pope Leo X, mentioned in political contexts.

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