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Sixtus
IV
(1414 - 1484)
POPE

Young
men who bestowed their favors upon the Pope
usually
were granted rich bishoprics.

500th
anniversary of the founding of the Vatican Library by Pope Sixtus IV,
shown
on pair of 100L stamps. Cover postmarked Vatican City, 3 December 1975.
Copyright Louis Paul Hennefeld 1983
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