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Sixtus IV, Francesco della Rovere, Pope, 1471-84

b. 1414; d. 1484

A Franciscan, born near Savona; he succeeded Paul II. He encouraged the spread of learning, began the Sistine Chapel and the Sistine Bridge, and was a patron of all the arts. He was involved in a conspiracy against the Medici which resulted in a war with Florence (1478) and urged the Venetians to attack Ferrara and then abandoned them.

 

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