Sixtus IV's accusations which arose after the failure of the Pazzi
In 1474, an alum glut led to such low prices that Pope
Sixtus IV agreed to take a 50 percent cut in royalties.
Between 1477 and 1480 Pope
Sixtus IV (1471-1492) started building a great chapel, named "Sistina" or the Sistine Chapel after him.
Finally in 1484 AD Pope
Sixtus IV established All Saints' Day as a holy day of obligation to honor the large number of martyrs who could not be accorded the honor of a special feast day.
He discusses Paradise in contention: the "foremost chapel in the world" and
Sixtus IV; triumphal gate and entrance hall to the City of God: Michelangelo's ceiling frescoes and Julius II; tabernacle, Solomon's temple, and the heavenly Jerusalem: Raphael's tapestries and Leo X; and the gate to eternity: Michelangelo's Last Judgement, Clement VII, and Paul III.
He was canonized on April 14, 1482, by Pope
Sixtus IV and declared Doctor of the Church in 1588 by Pope Sixtus V.
'I bought what I thought was a 15th-century portrait medal of Pope
Sixtus IV. It turned out to be a 17th-century restitution--the original was cast bronze while this one was struck and, even worse, the reverse was struck from a cracked die!
In 1483, the Sistine Chapel was consecrated by Pope
Sixtus IV.
Bonaventure died in 1274 and was canonized in 1482 by Pope
Sixtus IV. He was declared a Doctor of the Church in 1588.
In his coronation address he asserted "vigorously and sincerely" that it was his intention to be a pastoral Pope since "all other human gifts and accomplishments -- learning, practical experience, diplomatic finesse -- can broaden and enrich pastoral work but they cannot replace it." One of his first acts was to annul the regulation of Pope
Sixtus IV limiting the membership of the College of Cardinals to 70; within the next four years he enlarged it to 87 with the largest international representation in history.
He admitted Campano to his court and his library and recommended him to his next influential patron, Cardinal Pietro Riario, nephew of the new pope,
Sixtus IV. The poetry for Riario and Campano's fortunes and misfortunes under Sixtus are discussed in Chapter 3.