Holy League

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Holy League may refer to:

  • Holy League (1495), AKA "League of Venice", alliance of several opponents of French hegemony in Italy, arranged by Pope Alexander VI
  • League of Cambrai, anti-Venetian alliance that included Louis XII of France, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, and Ferdinand I of Spain, created by Pope Julius II
  • Holy League (1538), a short-lived alliance of Christian states arranged by Pope Paul III at the urging of the Republic of Venice
  • Holy League (1571), arranged by Pope Pius V and included almost all the major Catholic maritime states in the Mediterranean
  • Holy League (1684), initiated in by Pope Innocent XI, composed of the Holy Roman Empire, the Venetian Republic and Poland
  • One of the Catholic Leagues