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Francesco della Rovere

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Noun1.Francesco della Rovere - Italian pope from 1471 to 1484 who consented to the establishment of the Spanish Inquisition and built the Sistine Chapel (1414-1484)
Sixtus IV


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The pope trying to oust Lorenzo de' Medici was none other than Francesco della Rovere, uncle to Francesco Maria della Rovere, next in line as the future Duke of Urbino.
Joking Matters: Politics and Dissimulation in Castiglione's Book of ... by CAVALLO, JOANN / Renaissance Quarterly
The palace to the left of the church (facing the church) originally belonged to Cardinal Bessarion who left it to Sixtus, then Cardinal Francesco della Rovere.
Elysium: a prelude to Renaissance theater by Licht, Meg / Renaissance Quarterly
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