bfe_596097 - COMTAT-VENAISSIN - AVIGNON - SIXTUS V (Felice Peretti di Grottammare) Bulle d’archevêque
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Type : Bulle d’archevêque
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Avignon
Metal : lead
Diameter : 42 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 43,09 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Cette bulle présente une usure régulière ainsi que de nombreuses concrétions
Obverse
Obverse legend : A/ BVLLA.EPSCOPI.AVINIONEN.
Obverse description : Mitre avec rubans remontant sur les côtés.
Reverse
Reverse legend : A/ BVLLA.EPSCOPI.AVINIONEN.
Reverse description : Archevêque avec mitre et crosse.
Commentary
Bulle de cour archi-épiscopale.
Historical background
COMTAT-VENAISSIN - AVIGNON - SIXTUS V (Felice Peretti di Grottammare)
(01/05/1585-27/08/1590)
Sixtus V was born into a poor family and was brought up by the Franciscans. On April 24, 1585, he was elected pope at the age of sixty-four and consecrated the following May 1. He published in 1587 the revised edition of the Septuagint Bible as well as the revised edition of the Vulgate. In 1589, he excommunicated Henry III for the assassination of the Duke of Guise. He died in Rome on August 27, 1590.
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