Item 4 - Indulgence: Pope Innocent VIII

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SJLM/6/4

Unique identifier

GB 1859 SJLM/6/4

Title

Indulgence: Pope Innocent VIII

Date(s)

  • 1488 (Creation)

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1 item, parchment

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(1432-1492)

Biographical history

Giovanni Battista Cybo (or ‘Cibo’) was born in Genoa to an eminent Genoese family. His father, Arano Cybo (c.1375-c.1455) was viceroy of Naples and Giovanni Battista was consequently closely aligned with the Neapolitan court for a good part of his early life. He was consecrated as Bishop of Savona in 1467 by Pope Paul II and was made a cardinal by Pope Sixtus IV in 1473. When Pope Sixtus died in 1484, Giovanni Battista succeeded him as Pope Innocent VIII until his own death in 1492.

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Copy of indulgence from Pope Innocent VIII to Henry VII and his Queen Elizabeth [and his mother].
Rome, 13 August 1488.

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  • Latin

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SJLM/6/3

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Copied by John Yotton, DD, confessor and secretary to Elizabeth of York.

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D56.164

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  • Box: 59/ESTATES