On Laetare Sunday, 5 March 1486, Pope Innocent VIII blessed a Golden Rose and sent it to James III. It was an annual custom to send the rose to a deserving prince. Giacomo Passarelli, Bishop of Imola, brought the rose to Scotland and returned to London to complete the dispensation for the marriage of Henry VII of England.Calendar State Papers Milan, vol. 1 (1912), p. 247: Burns, Charles, "Papal Gifts" in Innes Review, 20 (1969), pp. 150–194: Chrimes, Stanley, Henry VII, Yale (1999), 66, 330–331 In 1486 and 1487 James proposed a truce with England and the marriage of his second son, James, Marquess of Ormond, to Catherine of York, the sister-in-law of Henry VII of England. In April 1487 the Pope granted James III an indult which strengthened the power of the Scottish Crown over ecclesiastical appointments, allowing the king and his successors to effectively appoint their own candidates when vacancies occurred in cathedrals and monasteries.Macdougall, Norman, James III (John Donald, 2009).
On Laetare Sunday, 5 March 1486, Pope Innocent VIII blessed a Golden Rose and sent it to James III. It was an annual custom to send the rose to a deserving prince. Giacomo Passarelli, Bishop of Imola, brought the rose to Scotland and returned to London to complete the dispensation for the marriage of Henry VII o.f England.Calendar State Papers Milan, vol 1 (1912), p. 247: Burns, Charles, "Papal Gifts" in Innes Review, 20 (1969), pp. 150–194: Chrimes, Stanley, Henry VII, Yale (1999), 66, 330–331 In 1486 and 1487 James proposed a truce with England and the marriage of his second son, James, Marquess of Ormond, to Catherine of York, the sister-in-law of Henry VII of England. In April 1487 the Pope granted James III an indult which strengthened the power of the Scottish Crown over ecclesiastical appointments, allowing the king and his successors to effectively appoint their own candidates when vacancies occurred in cathedrals and monasteries.Macdougall, Norman, James III (John Donald, 2009).