Innocent VIII
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According to Dr. Erwin Muermann of the Bonn Cat Protection Initiative, the present epidemic of cattiness may have its roots in a 15th century bull of Pope Innocent VIII.
From Time Magazine Archive
Giovanni, the second, had already received a cardinal's hat from his kinsman, Innocent VIII.
From The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti by Symonds, John Addington
Onofrio Panvinio tells this story of Paul III.’s imprisonment and escape, but places it in the Papacy of Innocent VIII.
From Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini by Symonds, John Addington
John Baptist Cibo, elected to the Papacy in 1485, under the designation of Innocent VIII, was sincerely alarmed at the number of witches, and launched forth his terrible manifesto against them.
From Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2 by Mackay, Charles
By bribery he prepared his way to the papal throne, which he attained in 1492, after the death of Innocent VIII.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various
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