Lorenzo de' Medici, the Magnificent (vol. 2 of 2)
CHAPTER VII.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF GIOVANNI DE’ MEDICI’S CARDINALSHIP.
Giovanni de’ Medici in Pisa—Delayed Publication of the Brief making him Cardinal—Doubtful State of Health of Innocent VIII.—Publication of the Brief—Festival in the Abbey of Fiesole and in Florence—Giovanni de’ Medici’s Journey to Rome—Reception in Rome—Lorenzo’s Letter to his Son the Cardinal 440