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In 1521, Pope Leo X granted the title "Defender of the Faith" to which English monarch for his written defense of the Catholic sacraments against Martin Luther?

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Henry VIII

Ironically, Henry later broke with the Roman Catholic Church to establish the Church of England. Despite the break, the title 'Fidei Defensor' remains a formal part of the style of the British monarch to this day.

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