Homosexuality
Several modern historians have concluded that Leo was homosexual. Contemporary tracts and accounts, incuding those of two of the leading papal historians of the time shared a belief that Leo engagd in "unnatural vice". Francesco Guicciardini wrote, "At the beginning of his pontificate most people deemed him very chaste; however, he was afterwards discovered to be exceedingly devoted – and every day with less and less shame – to that kind of pleasure that for honour's sake may not be named". Bishop and writer, Paolo Giovio, also explained that Leo seemed to have "an improper love for some of his chamberlains". There were suggestions that Count Ludovico Rangone and Galeotto Malatesta were among Leo's lovers. Cesare Falconi has examined in particular Leo's infatuation with the Venetian noble Marcantonio Flaminio, with Leo arranging the best education that could be offered for the time.
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