Rise and Establishment of Protestantism at Geneva - James Aitken Wylie

Lutheranism which attached to him, caused him the
misfortune or the happiness of missing the tiara.
On the 7th of February, 1550, [2] John Maria de
Monte, who had presided in the Council at Trent,
and afterwards at Bologna, when the cardinals
crossed the mountains, was elected, and ascended
the Papal chair under the title of Julius III. It was
the year of Jubilee, for although, when first
instituted by Boniface VIII., A.D. 1300, that great
festival was ordained to be held only on the first
year of each century, the period had since been
shortened, and the Jubilee came round once every
half-century. Paul III. had earnestly desired to see
that great day of grace, but the grave closed over
him before it came. That festival was reserved to
signalize the opening of his successor's Pontificate.
Rome was full of pilgrims from all countries, who
had come to share in the inestimable benefits
which the year of Jubilee brings with it to the
faithful. Two days after his election, Julius III.,
with the golden hammer in his hand, proceeded to
the golden gate, and broke it open, that the
imprisoned flood of celestial virtues and blessings
might freely flow forth and regale the expectant
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