Charles V (1500-1558), Holy Roman Emperor, r. 1519-1556, who led the
campaign to hold the council
Paul III (Alessandro Farnese; 1468-1549), Roman Catholic pope, 1534-1549,
who summoned the council
Julius III (Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte; 1487-1555), Roman Catholic
pope, 1550-1555, who convened the second session of the council
Pius IV (Giovanni Angelo de' Medici; 1499-1565), Roman Catholic pope,
1559-1565, who convened the last session
Francis I (1494-1547), king of France, r. 1515-1547, who resisted
a council
James Laynez (1512-1565), Jesuit theologian at the council
Jerome Seripando (d. 1563), Augustinian theologian who was influential
at the first council
Portrait of Reginald Cardinal Pole....
Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine