Back in the day when Popes were made of sterner stuff, Pope Innocent VIII made a name for himself for his hard-line support for the Spanish Inquisition and for witch hunting.Pope Innocent VIII and his contemporaries believed that witches would have sex with demons, kill babies, and steal penises - and that they needed to be hunted down.
One contemporary historian claimed that when Pope Innocent VIII died on 25 July 1492, three 10-year-old boys also died while attempts were made to transfuse him with their blood.
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