In 1473, with the support of Giuliano Della Rovere, later Pope Julius II, he was made cardinal by Pope Sixtus IV, whom he succeeded on 29 August 1484 as Pope Innocent VIII. According to the “Liberian Catalogue” of popes, he ruled the Church during the reign of Adrian “a consulatu Nigri et Aproniani usque Vero III et Ambibulo”, that is, from 117 to 126. In Alife, there is a Romanesque crypt, which houses the relics of Pope Sixtus I, … Like Julius III with Innocenzo, Sixtus made his lover Petro Riario – … [1] Contents Saint Sixtus II, ; feast day August 7), pope from 257 to 258, one of the early Roman Church’s most venerated martyrs. As a youth, he joined the Franciscan order, where he displayed talents as a scholar and preacher, and enjoyed the patronage of Pius V, who made him a cardinal. Gender: Male . AKA Francesco della Rovere. During his short eleven months he was faced was a controversy regarding the rebaptism of heretics and schismatics who wished to join the Church. He is commemorated on August 2nd and was succeeded by Sixtus II.] Pope Sixtus I (42 – 124, 125, 126 or 128), also spelled Xystus, a Roman of Greek descent, was the bishop of Rome from c. 115 to his death. In 1467, he was made Bishop of Savona by Pope Paul II, but exchanged this see in 1472 for that of Molfetta in south-eastern Italy. Rodrigo de Borja was born on 1 January 1431, in the town of Xativa near ... who succeeded him as Pope Julius II. He succeeded Pope Alexander I and was in turn succeeded by Pope Telesphorus. Birth and family. He succeeded Pope Alexander I and was in turn succeeded by Pope Telesphorus. Pope Sixtus IV. Pope Sixtus V or Xystus V (13 December 1521 – 27 August 1590), born Felice Piergentile, was the bishop of Rome and hence head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 24 April 1585 to his death in 1590. Birthplace: Savona, Italy Location of death: Rome, Italy Cause of death: unspecified. He was elected in August 257 to succeed Pope St. Stephen I, during whose pontificate there arose a conflict with certain Eastern churches over the rebaptism of converted heretics. His feast is celebrated on 6 April. Sixtus soon abandoned his universal policy in almost ferocious severity, which only extreme necessity could morality, hospitable to a fault, and so exempt from avarice, he was chosen general of his order in 1464. Pope Sixtus I, also spelled Xystus, a Roman of Greek descent, was the bishop of Rome from c. 115 to his death. Pope Sixtus IV appoints Platina as Prefect of the Library, by Melozzo da Forlì Sixtus IV (r. 1471-1484), born Francesco della Rovere, was notable enough to have the Sistine Chapel named after him. On the other hand, two of Alexander's successors, Sixtus V and Urban VIII, described him as one of the most outstanding popes since Saint Peter. Sixtus the Second, a pope, native of Athens in Greece, from having been a philosopher, became a disciple of Christ while the Decian and Valerian persecutions were still going on. Savonarola Sixtus IV, given name Francesco della Rovere, Roman Catholic Pope from the 9th of August 1471 to the 12th of August 1484, was born of a poor family near Savona in 1414. Sixtus I, Saint, POPE (in the oldest documents, XYSTUS is the spelling used for the first three popes of that name), succeeded St. Alexander and was followed by St. Telesphorus. Pope St. Sixtus II succeeded Pope St. Stephen I. Pope Alexander VI (Latin: Alexander Sextus; 1431–1503), born Rodrigo Lanzol y Borja, was an Spanish cleric of the Roman Catholic Church and the 215th Pope from 1492 to 1503. His feast is celebrated on 6 April. Roman Catholic Pope, 1471-84.