Bishop
Appointed Bishop of Savona
Role range: 1484-1492
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Innocent VIII Biography and Timeline
Follow Innocent VIII through 6 dated historical records for Italy.
Innocent VIII, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
6Distinct records
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1467–1484Years on this page
1467
1484
Summis Desiderantes
Its direct purport was to ratify the powers already conferred upon Henry Institoris and James Sprenger, to deal with witchcraft as well as heresy, and it called upon the Bishop of Strasbourg to lend the inquisitors all possible support
Role range: 1484-1492
Summis Desiderantes
The bull sought to remedy this jurisdictional dispute by specifically identifying the dioceses of Mainz, Cologne, Trier, Salzburg, and Bremen. Issues a bull against witchcraft. Innocent's Bull enacted nothing new.
Role range: 1484-1492
Summis Desiderantes
The bull was written in response to the request of Dominican Inquisitor Heinrich Kramer for explicit authority to prosecute witchcraft in Germany, after he was refused assistance by the local ecclesiastical authorities, who maintained that as the letter of deputation did not specifically mention where
Role range: 1484-1492
Summis Desiderantes
the inquisitors may operate, they could not legally exercise their functions in their areas.
Role range: 1484-1492
Pope
Appointed Pope, Giovanni Battista Cybo
Role range: 1484-1492
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