Francesco della Rovere

In fact, he was no longer known as Francesco della Rovere.

The Poet Prince KATHLEEN MCGOWAN 2010

And none of the della Rovere clan had raised themselves up quite as high as the gruff, unpleasant, and enormously narcissistic Francesco della Rovere.

The Poet Prince KATHLEEN MCGOWAN 2010

There was nothing regal about Francesco della Rovere.

The Poet Prince KATHLEEN MCGOWAN 2010

And this particular request, from no less than Francesco della Rovere, was going to be the most difficult he had ever considered.

The Poet Prince KATHLEEN MCGOWAN 2010

He sits on a tasseled throne and wears vestments consisting of a diaphanous white rochet and red skullcap: he is Francesco della Rovere, Pope Sixtus IV.

Delizia! John Dickie 2008

Platina probably finished the book during his summer holiday in 1465, which was fifteen years before he posed for Melozzo, ten years before he became Vatican librarian, and six before Francesco della Rovere was elected Sixtus IV.

Delizia! John Dickie 2008

The minister general of the order Francesco della Rovere, later pope under the name of Sixtus IV, extended his protection to him.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

Having bribed the most venal members of the Sacred College, Francesco della Rovere was elected Pope, and assumed the name of Sixtus IV.

Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots John Addington Symonds 1866

Minorite champions was Francesco della Rovere, later Pope Sixtus IV.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

Julius the Second came to see it, and after expressing the highest admiration for the work, observed that such a habitation was less fitting for a prince of the church than for a secular duke -- meaning, by the latter, his own nephew, Francesco della Rovere, then Duke of Urbino; and the unfortunate Santorio, who had succeeded in preserving his possessions under the domination of the Borgia, was forced to offer the most splendid palace in Rome as a gift to the person designated by his master.

Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 1 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome 1881