Sixtus IV

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Sixtus IV [ˈsɪkstəs]

(Biographies / Sixtus IV (1414-1484) M, Italian, RELIGION: clergyman, RELIGION: pope) original name Francesco della Rovere. 1414-84, Italian ecclesiastic; pope (1471-84). Notorious for his nepotism and political intrigue, he was also a patron of the arts and commissioned the building (1473-81) of the Sistine Chapel

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

Francesco della Rovere

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capital of Italy Eternal City Francesco della Rovere Italian capital Pope Roma Rome Sistine Sistine Chapel			However, he justifies the chapter order by rightly pointing out that without Sixtus IV "there would be no della Rovere popes, cardinals, or dukes" (xiv). Patronage and Dynasty: The Rise of the Della Rovere in Renaissance ... by Warr, Cordelia / Renaissance Quarterly 77 DG463 Art historians look at the della Rovere family as a whole--from Pope Sixtus IV della Rovere (1414-84) to Francesco Maria II, last Duke of Urbino (1549-1631)--as they faced distinct but not uncommon issues at any given time during the dynasty's two-century floriat. Patronage and dynasty; the rise of the della Rovere in Renaissance ... by Reference & Research Book News The Spanish was authorized by Pope Sixtus IV in 1478, and was not permanently suppressed until 1834. Vatican: apology for the Inquisition? by Catholic Insight			sixpenny nail Sixscore sixsome sixte sixteen Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire sixteenmo sixteenpenny nail sixteenth sixteenth note sixteenth part sixth Sixth Baron Byron of Rochdale sixth chord sixth cranial nerve Sixth Crusade sixth form sixth sense sixth year sixth-form college sixth-former sixthly sixties sixtieth Sixtine Sixtus IV Sixtus V sixty sixty-eight sixty-fifth sixty-five sixty-four sixty-four dollar question sixty-four thousand dollar question sixty-fourmo Sixty-fourth sixty-fourth note sixty-nine sixty-one sixty-seven sixty-six sixty-three sixty-two sixtyish sizable sizar Sizarship size size constancy size of it Size roll			sixth senses Sixth Sigma Sixth Term Examination Papers sixth venereal disease Sixth Year Sixth Year Sixth-form Sixth-form Sixth-form college sixth-form colleges sixth-former sixth-former sixth-formers sixth-formers sixth-power law sixth-year molar sixthly sixths sixties sixties sixties Sixties Revolution sixtieth sixtieth sixtieths sixtieths Sixtine Sixtine Chapel Sixtine Chapel Sixtus Empiricus Sixtus IV Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma, Prince Sixtus V Sixtus V sixty sixty sixty sixty sixty degrees Fahrenheit British thermal unit Sixty Minutes Sixty Six sixty-eight sixty-fifth sixty-five sixty-four Sixty-four (ship) sixty-four dollar question sixty-four thousand dollar question sixty-four thousand dollar questions sixty-four-dollar question sixty-fourmo sixty-fourmos Sixty-fourth sixty-fourth note sixty-fourth notes Sixty-fourth rest sixty-nine sixty-one sixty-seven

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