A History of the Papacy During the Period of the Reformation
A History of the Papacy During the Period of the Reformation
Creighton, M. (Mandell), 1843-1901
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Franceschetto Cibo left his. father's > Letter to the Florentine envoy in Rome, in Roscoe, Life of Lorenzo, Appendix XL VII, with the envoy's answer in Archivio Storico Italiano, Series in., XV. 296. » Infessura, 1232. Digitized byVjOOQlC MARRIAGE OF CHARLES VIII. 137 deathbed to make a swoop on the papal treasury. When he chap. was frustrated in his attempt, he tried to get hold of Djem as ^ ^' _ . an opening for financial speculations. Next day the Cardinals thought it well to secure the Pope...'s treasure against Frances- chetto's designs ; they went in a body to the Vatican and pro- ceeded to make an inventory, after which they left Cardinal Savelli in charge. Though it was suspected that much of the Pope's treasure was already deposited in Florence, yet the Cardinals found in one chest 800,000 ducats, and in another 300,000. When Innocent VIII. recovered, he was very angry at this investigation into his possessions ; he said that he hoped to outlive all the Cardinals, though they plotted against his life.
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