Identity area
Reference code
SJLM/6/4
Unique identifier
GB 1859 SJLM/6/4
Title
Indulgence: Pope Innocent VIII
Date(s)
- 1488 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 item, parchment
Context area
Name of creator
(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.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Copy of indulgence from Pope Innocent VIII to Henry VII and his Queen Elizabeth [and his mother].
Rome, 13 August 1488.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- Latin
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
SJLM/6/3
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Copied by John Yotton, DD, confessor and secretary to Elizabeth of York.
Alternative identifier(s)
Former Ref.
D56.164
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Beaufort, Margaret, Countess of Richmond and Derby (Subject)
- Henry VII, King of England (Subject)