29 August 1484Papal ElectionInnocent VIII
Innocent VIII is elected pope after the death of Sixtus IV.
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Innocent VIII is elected pope after the death of Sixtus IV.
Innocent VIII is crowned pope in Rome after his election.
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
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.
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
the inquisitors may operate, they could not legally exercise their functions in their areas.
Appointed Pope, Giovanni Battista Cybo
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