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Sixtus IV

noun
1.
Italian pope from 1471 to 1484 who consented to the establishment of the Spanish Inquisition and built the Sistine Chapel (1414-1484).  Synonym: Francesco della Rovere.





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... of Galileo's annotations on Tasso, 444; destruction of Hugh Broughton's, by Speed, 445; destruction of Leland's, by Polydore Vergil, ib.; dilapidation of the Harleian, 446; suppression of one relating to Sixtus IV. by Fabroni, ib.; of the Marquis of Halifax suppressed, 447; Earl of Pulteney's and Earl of Anglesea's MS. Memoirs suppressed, ib.; anecdotes of the suppression of various, 448-452; mutilators of, ...
— Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 (of 3) • Isaac D'Israeli


Words linked to "Sixtus IV" :   pope, pontiff, Vicar of Christ, Bishop of Rome, Catholic Pope, Francesco della Rovere, Holy Father, Roman Catholic Pope


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