Country: Papal States, Vatican
Pope Innocent VIII (Giovanni Battista Cybo-Tomasello, 1432-1484-1492)
Type: Religious Medal
Date: MCDLXXXIV (1484) (restrike c.1664)
Composition: Alloy Tin & Lead
Weight: 53.41 g
Diameter: 44 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Shape: Round
Grade: VG/F
Orientation: Medal alignment ↑↑
References: Modesti CNORP 162, Du Molinet I, Bonanni II, Venuti IV, Mazio e RZ 25, Armand I-297-20, Lincoln 400, Patrignani pag. 24
Commemorative Medal:
Election of 1484 & coat of arms.
Obverse:
Bust of Innocent XI facing to right wearing tiara and cope. Latin legend around.
Lettering:
• INNOCENTIVS • _ • VIII • PONT • MAX
Translation: Innocent 8, Grand Pontiff.
Engraver: Girolamo Paladino (1647-1689).
Reverse:
Papal coat of arms with tiara and keys, surrounded by Latin legend with the Roman date.
Letterings:
ANNO • DOMINI • _ • M. CD • LXXXIV •
Translation: In the year of the Lord 1484.
Edge:
Smooth.
Notes:
Restitution medal struck, made around 1664. The dies of this medal came to Mazio.
In the posthumous dies a slight excrescence appears on the face of the Pontiff.
Comment:
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. The following year, Pope Innocent supported the barons in their failed revolt.
During his papacy, Pope Innocent issued a papal bull on witchcraft named Summis desiderantes affectibus. In March 1489, Cem, the captive brother of Bayezid II, the sultan of the Ottoman Empire, came into Innocent's custody. Viewing his brother as a rival, the Sultan paid Pope Innocent not to set him free. The amount he paid to Pope Innocent was 120,000 crowns (an amount equal to all of the annual revenue to the Vatican) in addition to some holy relics and another sum of money to be paid annually. Any time the Sultan threatened war against the Christian Balkans, Innocent threatened to release his brother. On 28 January 1495, Cem was released by Innocent's successor, Pope Alexander VI, into the custody of King Charles's army.
Riferimento : Modesti CNORP 162, Du Molinet I, Bonanni II, Venuti IV, Mazio e RZ 25, Armand I-297-20, Lincoln 400, Patrignani pag. 24
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Collezione : Médailles & Objets Liturgiques