Pope Innocent VIII (1432 – 25 July 1492), born Giovanni Battista Cybo (or Cibo), was Pope from 1484 until his death.
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“Chaste to her husband, frank to all beside,
A teeming mistress, but a barren bride.”
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because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the
avenger.”
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