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Sixtus IV

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1471 to 1484 (1414-1484)

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  • Pope Sixtus IV being shown the cadavers of dead illegitimate children picked out of the Tiber, and deciding to reform the law which allowed their infanticide. Photograph by Ditta Vasari, 19-- (?) after a freso painting.
  • The inauguration of the Vatican Library by Pope Sixtus IV: Platina (kneeling) is appointed librarian. Chromolithograph after Melozzo da Forli.
  • The foundling hospital of the Ospedale Santo Spirito in Sassia, Rome: wet-nurses looking after the babies, and Pope Sixtus IV ordering the rebuilding. Photograph by Ditta Vasari, 19-- (?) after a fresco painting.

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