of the Renaissance worldview. None of them actually states how he died. Cardinals Sixtus created an unusually large number of cardinals during his pontificate (23) who were drawn from the roster of the princely houses of Italy, France and Spain, thus ensuring that many of his policies continued after his death: Giuliano della Rovere (later Pope Julius II) Stefano Nardini Pedro González de Mendoza Giovanni Battista Cybo (later Pope Innocent VIII) Giovanni Arcimboldi Philibert Hugonet Jorge da Costa Charles de Bourbon Pierre de Foix le jeune Girolamo Basso della Rovere Gabriele Rangone Pietro Foscari Joan Margarit i Pau Raffaele Sansoni Riario Domenico della Rovere Paolo Fregoso Jorge Bardina Giovanni Battista Savelli Giovanni Colonna Giovanni Conti Juan Moles de Margarit Giovanni Giacomo Sclafenati Giovanni Battista Orsini Ascanio Maria Sforza-Visconti Portrayals Pope Sixtus is portrayed by Arthur Grosser in the short film Assassin's Creed: Lineage, a prequel to the video game Assassin's Creed II. Pope Sixtus is portrayed by James Faulkner in the historical fantasy Da Vinci's Demons as having an identical twin, Alessandro. Shortly after the true Pope Sixtus, Francesco, was elected on conclave, Alessandro usurped the Holy See and had his brother locked up in Castel Sant'Angelo. The series implies that many of the more unsavoury parts of Sixtus' reign were really the work of his evil twin, who was out to gain power for himself. Pope Sixtus is portrayed by Raul Bova in the second season, and John Lynch in the third season of the TV series Medici: Masters of Florence. See also List of Popes Notes References Vincenzo Pacifici,Un carme biografico di Sisto IV del 1477, Società Tiburtina di Storia e d'Arte, Tivoli, 1921 "The Historical Encyclopedia of World slavery", Editor Junius P. Rodriguez, ABC-CLIO, 1997, "Black Africans in Renaissance Europe", Thomas Foster Earle, K. J. P. Lowe, Cambridge University Press, 2005, "Christopher Columbus and the enslavement of the Amerindians in the Caribbean. (Columbus and the New World Order 1492–1992).", Sued-Badillo, Jalil, Monthly Review. Monthly Review Foundation, Inc. 1992. HighBeam Research. 10 Aug. 2009 "Castile, Portugal, and the Canary Islands: Claims and Counterclaims, 1344–1479", Joseph F. O'Callaghan, 1993, p. 287–310, Viator, Volume 24 "Variations of Popery", Samuel Edgar D.D. Internet Archive, Ebooks and Texts. Further reading , father of Francesco della Rovere, Pope Sixtus IV Roberto Weiss The medals of Pope Sixtus IV (1471–1484) (1961) 1414 births 1484 deaths Della Rovere family People from Savona Italian Friars Minor