Pope Innocent VIII
1432 CE–1492 CE · Genoa
Born Giovanni Battista Cibo in Genoa, he served in the Neapolitan court before entering the Church and rising to cardinal under Sixtus IV. His election owed much to the maneuvering of Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere. Innocent VIII openly acknowledged his children, advancing their fortunes through marriage—including an alliance with the Medici that helped make the teenage Giovanni de' Medici (later Leo X) a cardinal. His reign is associated with financial strain, the sale of offices, and the 1484 bull Summis desiderantes affectibus, which lent papal authority to witch-hunting and the Malleus Maleficarum, with grim long-term effects.
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Genoa, a port city and capital of Liguria, northwestern Italy. A major maritime republic in the Middle Ages, it was the birthplace or family seat of several popes (including the della Rovere and Cybo lines) and an important archiepiscopal see.
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