RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Innocent VIII

1432 - 1492

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Pope Innocent VIII (Latin: Innocentius VIII; Italian: Innocenzo VIII; 1432 – 25 July 1492), born Giovanni Battista Cybo (or Cibo), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 29 August 1484 to his death, in July 1492. Son of the viceroy of Naples, Cybo spent his early years at the Neapolitan court. He became a priest in the retinue of Cardinal Calandrini, half-brother to Pope Nicholas V (1447–55); Bishop of Savona under Pope Paul II; and with the support of Cardinal Giuliano Della Rovere he was made a cardinal by Pope Sixtus IV. After intense politicking by Della Rovere, Cybo was elected pope in 1484. King Ferdinand I of Naples had supported Cybo's competitor, Rodrigo Borgia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pope Innocent VIII is the 120th most popular religious figure (up from 146th in 2019), the 129th most popular biography from Italy (up from 167th in 2019) and the 51st most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope Innocent VIII is most famous for promulgating the Papal Bull of 1492, which expelled all Jews from the Papal States.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Innocent VIII ranks 120 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Clement XIV, Pope Sixtus IV, Pope Clement V, Luke the Evangelist, Samuel, and Moses in Islam. After him are Methuselah, Pope Alexander VIII, Pope Innocent XII, Pope Julius III, Saul, and Pope Gregory VII.

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Among people born in 1432, Pope Innocent VIII ranks 2. Before him is Mehmed the Conqueror. After him are Afonso V of Portugal, Alvise Cadamosto, Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia, Isabel of Coimbra, Bartolomeo Vivarini, Ahmad ibn Mājid, Hōjō Sōun, Luigi Pulci, and Christina Abrahamsdotter. Among people deceased in 1492, Pope Innocent VIII ranks 2. Before him is Lorenzo de' Medici. After him are Piero della Francesca, Jami, Elizabeth Woodville, Casimir IV Jagiellon, Antoine Busnois, Gülbahar Hatun, Beatrice of Silva, Sonni Ali, Jaume Huguet, and Christina Abrahamsdotter.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Innocent VIII ranks 129 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Clement XIII (1693), Masaccio (1401), Pope Clement XIV (1705), Lucrezia Borgia (1480), Pope Sixtus IV (1414), and Giorgio Vasari (1511). After him are Marie de' Medici (1575), Pope Alexander VIII (1610), Pope Innocent XII (1615), Pope Julius III (1487), Tintoretto (1518), and Livy (-59).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Innocent VIII ranks 51. Before him are Pope Paul V (1552), Pope Clement VIII (1536), Pope Clement XI (1649), Pope Clement XIII (1693), Pope Clement XIV (1705), and Pope Sixtus IV (1414). After him are Pope Alexander VIII (1610), Pope Innocent XII (1615), Pope Julius III (1487), Pope Gregory VII (1020), Pope Alexander VII (1599), and Pope Marcellus II (1501).

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