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
He studied for twenty years in the universities of Italy, and was a great favourite with Pope Innocent VIII, who made him one of his domestic chaplains, and master of the ceremonies in his household.
From Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 by Mackay, Charles
Nevertheless, in that very year, 1487, George Brann was appointed to this see by Pope Innocent VIII.
From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, August 1865 by Clergymen, Society of
Externally his influence was thrown into the scale for peace, and, on the death of Sixtus IV. in 1484, he established friendly relations and a family alliance with the new Pontiff, Innocent VIII.
From The Story of Florence by Gardner, Edmund G.
On July 25, 1492, occurred the event to which the Borgias had long eagerly looked forward, the death of Innocent VIII.
From Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day by Gregorovius, Ferdinand
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