INNOCENT VI. (Etienne Silbert). Pope 1352-02. Ire was horn at Mont in the Diocese of Limoges, and elected Pope at Avignon, where he resided during his pontificate. He was a distinguished canonist, and did much to reform ecclesiastical discipline. His influence was exerted for peace in ninny quarters of Europe, and he encouraged learning, inviting Pet•areh to reside at his Court.
Con•iilt Innocent I I. (1 Blanche dr Bourbon, It tiosdu pap( cd. Daum•t ( Paris, 191)1).
IN Not. ENT VI I. (Cosmic, de' Alegliorati, a native of :salmon:I in the Abruzzi). Pope 1401-06. Ile bad distinguished himself ht• a knowledge of e:oion and civil law and by a holy life, so that he was made cardinal in 1:1S9 by 'Boldface IX., hose successor he \vas chosen amid the troubles of the great schism. Little else than his short reign, marked by nepotism.
NoeENT V111. (1:iovanni Ilat lista ('ibo), Pope 1 IS I 92. Ile came of a noble Genoese family: his father had been a Boman senator and Gov ernor of Naples. Ile was a widower when he
entered the clerical state and won the favor of Paul II., who appointed hint Bishop of Savonn, and Sixtus IV.. who made him a cardinal. Ile strove to promote peace Christian prinees and to unite them against the Turks, who had not long before conquered Constantinople. Ile Imo rreled, however. with Bing Ferdinand of Naples over the payment of the customary tribute, excommunicated hint, and transferred his kingdom to charles VIII. of France, whereupon Ferdinand yielded. His nepotism was ; be gave his illo!vitimate sun Franeeschetto several 1. wns near Rome, and secured for him the hand of Aladdalemt. daughter of Lorenzo de' ..11edici. In compensation lie made her fourteenyear-old brother Giovanni a cardinal. and thus opened the way of the family to the Papal throne. Consult '..--erdonati, 1 ita c fotti VW. (Milan,