Pope Sixtus V

(1520-1590)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Sixtus V, Pope, 1520-1590 LBT ID: Sixtus5 VIAF ID: 30834540 LOC ID: n80049584	B/BAP: 1520-12-13 DIED: 1590-08-27
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Felice Peretti di Montalto succeeded Gregory XIII in 1585 and devoted himself to building projects in Rome.
REFERENCES TO Pope Sixtus V: Lady Holland to John Whishart, 17 December 1814 in The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) Found 1: ¶ 2 Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859, Lord Byron and Some of his Contemporaries (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) The Author’s Visit to Italy. Found 1: ¶ 205 William Howitt , “Leigh Hunt” in Homes and Haunts of the most eminent British Poets 2 Vols (London: Richard Bentley, 1847) 347-67 Found 1: ¶ Whishaw, J. (John), 1764 or 5-1840, The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) Chapter II: 1814