Editing Pope Innocent VIII (section)

==Papal election==
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The [[Papal conclave, 1484|papal conclave]] of 1484 was rife with factions, while gangs rioted in the streets. In order to prevent the election of the Venetian Cardinal [[Marco Barbo|Barbo]], [[List_of_Camerlengos_of_the_Sacred_College_of_Cardinals|Camerlengo]] of the Sacred College of Cardinals, on the evening before the election, after the cardinals had retired for the night, the Dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere, nephew of the late Pope, and Cardinal Borgia, the Vice-Chancellor, visited a number of cardinals and secured their votes with the promise of various benefices.<ref name=csun>John Paul Adams, [http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/SV1484.html "Sede Vacante August 12, 1484 – August 29, 1484", California State University, Northridge], retrieved: 3 August 2016.</ref>

It was claimed that Cardinal della Rovere met secretly with Cardinal Marco Barbo in order to secure him more votes to become pope if he was promised a residence, though Barbo refused in fear it would make the conclave invalid due to simony. Cardinal della Rovere then met with Borgia, who disliked Barbo and wished to block his election, with an offer to turn their votes over to Cibò, promising them benefits for doing so.<ref name=csun/>