Sixtus IV

noun

1. Francesco della Rovere, 1414–84, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1471–84.

Sixtus IV

/ ˈsɪkstəs /

noun

1. Sixtus IV14141484MItalianRELIGION: clergymanRELIGION: pope original name Francesco della Rovere . 1414–84, Italian ecclesiastic; pope (1471–84). Notorious for his nepotism and political intrigue, he was also a patron of the arts and commissioned the building (1473–81) of the Sistine Chapel

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Mediocrity, tinsel ostentation, and tasteless diligence mark the greater number of that society of craftsmen whom Sixtus IV.

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That this latter window was inserted by Sixtus IV., is proved by the presence of his arms above it on a stone shield.

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The first page has a lovely border of an enlaced pattern with the arms of Sixtus IV.

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In opposition, however, to this centralising policy, the nepotism introduced by Sixtus IV.

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Julius, who owed his rise in life to the favour of his uncle Sixtus IV.

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