Innocent VIII, Pope

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• Pope Innocent VIII —     Pope Innocent VIII     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Innocent VIII     (Giovanni Battista CibÒ)     Born at Genoa, 1432; elected 29 August, 1484; died at Rome, 25 July, 1492. He was the son of the Roman senator, Aran CibÒ, and Teodorina de… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Innocent VIII —     Pope Innocent VIII     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Innocent VIII     (Giovanni Battista CibÒ)     Born at Genoa, 1432; elected 29 August, 1484; died at Rome, 25 July, 1492. He was the son of the Roman senator, Aran CibÒ, and Teodorina de… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Pope Innocent VIII — Infobox Pope English name=Innocent VIII birth name=Giovanni Battista Cybo or Cibo term start=August 29, 1484 term end=July 25, 1492 predecessor=Sixtus IV successor=Alexander VI birth date=1432 birthplace=Genoa, Italy dead=dead|death date=death… …   Wikipedia

• INNOCENT VIII —    Pope from 1484 to 1492; …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Innocent VIII — (Giovanni Battista Cibò) 1432 92, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1484 92. * * * ▪ pope original name  Giovanni Battista Cibo   born 1432, Genoa died July 25/26, 1492, Rome  pope from 1484 to 1492.       Named bishop of Savona, Italy, in 1467 by Pope… …   Universalium

• Innocent VIII — noun Italian pope from 1484 to 1492 who was known as a nepotist and was attacked by Savonarola for his worldliness (1432 1492) • Syn: ↑Giovanni Battista Cibo • Instance Hypernyms: ↑pope, ↑Catholic Pope, ↑Roman Catholic Pope, ↑pontiff, ↑Holy …   Useful english dictionary

• Innocent VIII — (Giovanni Battista Cibô)    Pope from 1484 to 1492, generally classed as one of the worldly popes who tolerated corruption in the church and neglected spiritual matters and church reform in their pursuit of wealth and power. As a patron of the… …   Historical Dictionary of Renaissance

• Pope Innocent VII — Innocent VII Papacy began October 17, 1404 Papacy ended November 6, 1406 Predecessor Boniface IX …   Wikipedia

• Pope Innocent XIII — Innocent XIII Papacy began 8 May 1721 Papacy ended 7 March 1724 ( 100000000000000020000002 years, 10000000000000304000000304 days) …   Wikipedia

• Innocent III —     Pope Innocent III     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Innocent III     (Lotario de Conti)     One of the greatest popes of the Middle Ages, son of Count Trasimund of Segni and nephew of Clement III, born 1160 or 116 …   Catholic encyclopedia