Id Nostri Cordis
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Id Nostri Cordis ("Our Hearty Desires") was a papal bull of Pope Innocent VIII promulgated in Rome on April 27, 1487, which was the 5th Kalends of May 1487 on the Julian Calendar.[1][2][3][4] It was later repeated and signed again in the convent of St Laurence in June 26, 1487.[5] The bull outlined a plenary indulgence (forgiveness) for anyone who joined the crusades against the Waldensians. His commands extended to religious and secular powers and threatened excommunication for those who did not join. A copy of the original bull was kept in the Library at Cambridge for many years and is currently held in the unpublished medieval manuscripts Ms Dd.3.25.[6][7][8] However, Trinity College Dublin in March 2023 has since published the Waldenses Prose document Processus Contra Waldenses which contains a copy of the bull in MS 266.[9][10]
Id Nostri Cordis Latin for 'Our Hearty Desires' Papal bull of Pope Innocent VIII | |
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Signature date | April 27, 1487 |
Subject | Extermination of the Waldenses |
Original language | Latin |
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The bull was given to Albertus de Capitaneis (Alberto Cattaneo) who was the pope's legate and commissioner general for the employment in that same year and to the Dominican Friar Blaise Berra.[11] The bull intended to strike at a group located in Lyons known as the Waldenses and specifically authorized a crusade in the regions of Dauphiné, Savoy, and Piedmont.[12] Following the bull's publication, a Crusade was led into the valleys of the Waldenses and many were killed in the subsequent crusade prompting John Milton to write his sonnet On the Late Massacre in Piedmont.