Pope Sixtus IV (Person) AKA Francesco della Rovere
Pope Sixtus IV
1414 AD - 1484 AD
AKA Francesco della Rovere
- Pope of Catholic church 1471 - 1484
- Noted for his nepotism and involved in the Pazzi conspiracy
According to the later published chronicle of the Italian historian Stefano Infessura, Diary of the City of Rome, Sixtus was a "lover of boys and sodomites", awarding benefices and bishoprics in return for sexual favors and nominating a number of young men as cardinals, some of whom were celebrated for their good looks.
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