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Sixtus IV died the following evening – 12 August. [32] The envoy of the Medici family summed up Sixtus' reign in the announcement to his master, "Today at 5 o'clock His Holiness Sixtus IV departed this life – may God forgive him!" [33] Pope Sixtus's tomb was destroyed in the Sack of Rome in 1527. Today, his remains, along with the remains ...
Pope Sixtus V (Italian: Sisto V; 13 December 1521 ... Felice later adopted Peretti as his family name in 1551, and as a cardinal was known as "Cardinal Montalto" ...
Pope Paul III Farnese had four illegitimate children and made his illegitimate son Pier Luigi Farnese the first duke of Parma. This is a list of sexually active popes, Catholic priests who were not celibate before they became pope, and those who were legally married before becoming pope. Some candidates were allegedly sexually active before their election as pope, and others were thought to ...
Girolamo Riario (1443 – 14 April 1488) was Lord of Imola (from 1473) and Forlì (from 1480). He served as Captain General of the Church under his uncle Pope Sixtus IV.He was one of the organisers of the failed 1478 Pazzi conspiracy against the Medici family, the rulers of Florence, and was assassinated 10 years later by members of the Forlivese Orsi family.
The pontificate of Pope Sixtus V (1585–1590) opened up the final stage of the Catholic Reformation characteristic of the Baroque age of the early seventeenth century, shifting away from compelling to attracting. His reign focused on rebuilding Rome as a great European capital and Baroque city, a visual symbol for the Catholic Church.
Pope Sixtus IV. In 1471 the Hospital suffered an imposing fire that led it to a crumbling condition. Sixtus IV (1471-1484), visiting the Hospital soon after his election, described it: “the falling walls, the narrow, gloomy edifices, without air and whichever comfort, look like a place intended for the captivity rather than health recovery ...
As Sixtus IV, he was both wealthy and powerful and at once set about giving power and wealth to his nephews of the della Rovere and Riario families. Within months of his election, he had made Giuliano della Rovere (the future pope Julius II) and Pietro Riario both bishops and cardinals (inluding the archbishopric of Florence for Riario); four ...
Pope Sixtus I (Greek: Σίξτος), also spelled Xystus, a Roman of Greek descent, [1] was the bishop of Rome from c. 117 or 119 to his death c. 126 or 128. [2] He succeeded Alexander I and was in turn succeeded by Telesphorus .