Pope Sixtus IV (or Xystus IV, Italian: Sisto IV; born Francesco della Rovere; 21 July 1414 – 12 August 1484) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler...

Henry IV (French: Henri IV; 13 December 1553 – 14 May 1610), also known by the epithets Good King Henry (le Bon Roi Henri) or Henry the Great (Henri le...

Pope Sixtus IV (r. 1471–1484) created 34 new cardinals in eight consistories: The new cardinals received their titular churches on 22 December 1471. Pietro...

protonotary apostolic. On May 17, 1475, he was elected Bishop of Vannes. Pope Sixtus IV confirmed his appointment on March 11, 1476 and Foix subsequently occupied...

At the time of his succession, Henry IV was under a papal excommunication, which had been imposed by Pope Sixtus V on 21 September 1585, and so the papacy...

Empire. He remained in Venice until late 1482. In November 1482, Pope Sixtus IV signed a peace treaty with Alfonso II of Naples and a month later with...

26–29) elected Pope Innocent VIII after the death of Pope Sixtus IV. At the death of Sixtus IV, the conclave of cardinals that met to elect his successor...

hospitium in Rome. At that time St. Sixtus was no longer theirs; Conrad of Metz could not have alluded to St. Sixtus, therefore, when he said in 1221: "the...

have occurred in 257. Prominent Christians executed in 258 included Pope Sixtus II (6 August), Saint Romanus Ostiarius (9 August) and Saint Lawrence (10...

Luchina della Rovere of the House of della Rovere and sister of Pope Sixtus IV He was Bishop of Albenga in 1472, and then Bishop of Recanati in 1476...

of the majority of the ancient kingdom by Ferdinand II of Aragon. Prince Sixtus Henry of Bourbon-Parma (Carlist claimant to the throne of Spain) claims...

several times, most importantly when it was extensively rebuilt by Pope Sixtus IV before the Jubilee of 1475. Other interventions took place in 1512 under...

Maria ad Nives of Palazzolo and Monte Cavo. During the war between Pope Sixtus IV and Ferdinand I of Naples in 1482 the Alban Hills were the main scene...

appointment on 19 January as Bishop of Pienza and Bishop of Montalcino by Pope Sixtus IV. On 14 March 1484, he was consecrated bishop by Constantin Eruli, Bishop...

"Enniana IV: Condendae urbis auspicia", The Classical Quarterly, New Series, Vol. 11, No. 2 (Nov., 1961), pp. 255-259. Otto Skutsch, "Enniana IV: Condendae...

between April 30 and May 17 from its previous location on orders of Pope Sixtus V. September 20 – The executions of the Babington Plot perpetrators begins...

Catherine de' Medici, Archduke Albert of Austria, Anne of Austria, Charles IV of Lorraine, Catherine of Braganza, Philip V of Spain and Charles X of France...

they had recently inserted these tales of the Church of LePuy. In 1484 Sixtus IV prohibited the use of this Office, whereupon there appeared at Girona...

ISBN 978-90-04-36356-4. Augustine 2007, pp. 11-12, 439-440 Lee, Egmont (1978). Sixtus IV and Men of Letters. Rome, IT: Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura. pp. 94–95...

as the 227th Pope, and takes the regnal name Pope Sixtus V. May 1 – The coronation of Pope Sixtus V takes place in Rome. May 19 – Spain seizes English...

the first part of the Acqua Alexandrina as the Acqua Felice under Pope Sixtus V in the years 1585–1587. The two roads joined on the outskirts of Rome...

Bishop of Cajazzo. He was transferred to the diocese of Tropea by Pope Sixtus IV on 16 June 1480. He took part in the coronation of King Alfonso II on...

sculptures : Statue of Sixtus V, Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome (url) Peter Parler (1330–1399), 6 sculptures : Head of Charles IV, St Vitus Cathedral, Prague...

papacy prior to 1500, and detailed biographies from Leo X (1513–1521) to Sixtus V (1585–1590). Weltgeschichte, 9 volumes (1881–1888). World history, particularly...

papacy prior to 1500, and detailed biographies from Leo X (1513–1521) to Sixtus V (1585–1590). Weltgeschichte, 9 volumes (1881–1888). World history, particularly...