Papal Election
Innocent VIII is elected pope after the death of Sixtus IV.
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1484 in Italy
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Historical records for Italy in 1484
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August
September
Coronation
Innocent VIII is crowned pope in Rome after his election.
December
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
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.
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
Summis Desiderantes
the inquisitors may operate, they could not legally exercise their functions in their areas.
Other events (month unknown)
Pope
Appointed Pope, Giovanni Battista Cybo
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