The Cardinals of Sixtus IV
See also: Cardinals created by Sixtus IV
Sixtus created an unusually large number of cardinals during his pontificate (twenty-three), drawn from the roster of the princely houses of Italy, France and Spain; thus ensuring that many of his policies continued after his death:
- Giuliano della Rovere (later Pope Julius II)
- Stefano Nardini
- Pedro Gonsalvez de Mendoza
- Giovanni Battista Cybo (later Pope Innocent VIII)
- Giovanni Arcimboldi
- Philibert Hugonet
- Giorgio da Costa
- Charles de Bourbon
- Pierre de Foix le jeune
- Girolamo Basso della Rovere
- Gabriele Rangoni
- Pietro Foscari
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- Juan of Aragon
- Raffaele Sansoni Riario
- Domenico della Rovere
- Paolo Fregoso
- Giovanni Battista Savelli
- Giovanni Colonna
- Giovanni Conti
- Juan Moles de Margarit
- Giovanni Giacomo Sclafenati
- Giovanni Battista Orsini
- Ascanio Maria Sforza-Visconti
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