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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- Thomas à Kempis· 1380 CE–1471 CE
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- Pope Nicholas V· 1397 CE–1455 CE
- Nicholas of Cusa· 1401 CE–1464 CE
- Pope Pius II· 1405 CE–1464 CE
- Pope Sixtus IV· 1414 CE–1484 CE
- Pope Paul II· 1417 CE–1471 CE
- Pope Pius III· 1439 CE–1503 CE
- Girolamo Savonarola· 1452 CE–1498 CE
- Pope Adrian VI· 1459 CE–1523 CE
- Desiderius Erasmus· 1466 CE–1536 CE
- Pope Paul III· 1468 CE–1549 CE
- Pope Leo X· 1475 CE–1521 CE
- Pope Paul IV· 1476 CE–1559 CE
- Pope Clement VII· 1478 CE–1534 CE
- Martin Luther· 1483 CE–1546 CE
- Huldrych Zwingli· 1484 CE–1531 CE
- Bartolomé de las Casas· 1484 CE–1566 CE
- Pope Julius III· 1487 CE–1555 CE
- Thomas Müntzer· 1489 CE–1525 CE
- Thomas Cranmer· 1489 CE–1556 CE
- Martin Bucer· 1491 CE–1551 CE
- Ignatius of Loyola· 1491 CE–1556 CE
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- Sunni Ali· –1492 CE
- Ahuitzotl· –1502 CE
- Mehmed II the Conqueror· 1432 CE–1481 CE
- Qaitbay· 1416 CE–1496 CE
- Lê Thánh Tông· 1442 CE–1497 CE
- Bahlul Lodi· –1489 CE
- Nzinga a Nkuwu (João I)· –1506 CE
- Ivan III the Great· 1440 CE–1505 CE
- Tizoc· –1486 CE
- Isabella I of Castile· 1451 CE–1504 CE
- Qansuh al-Ghuri· 1441 CE–1516 CE
- Bayezid II· 1447 CE–1512 CE
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