Sixtus IV announces his abdication

[Piov 2643]

A letter to this whom it may concern, to the Faithful Canonists and to the Holy Empire of Oren,

 

 

After continuously examining my conscience before the Almighty GOD who is all omnipotent, I have come to the definitive certainty that, due in part to my advanced age, my strength in body are no longer suitable in an attentive fulfillment of the exercise of the Pontifical ministry. I am most aware that this Holy Office, inspired and ordained by God through the Exalted in the histories of our civilization, require not only in words and deeds, but no less of the prayers and petitions of our suffering. However, in the times of our world, which is subject to many rapid changes and struck by questions of faith and morality for the prevalence of the Canonist faith, in order to govern the with laurel of Exalted Horen and proclaim the Scrolls of the Blessed and Holy Scriptures of the Canon, both  strength of heart and body are profoundly vital. Moreover, it is the strength which has deteriorated within me to the extent that I have had to recognize my incapacity in the most sacred ministry of GOD and of His Holy church entrusted to me. Therefore, for this reason, both with my full awareness of the seriousness of this act, with full freedom and without reservation, I, High Pontiff Sixtus the Fourth, Vicar of GOD, declare my abdication of the Immaculate Throne entrusted to me by the College of Cardinals on the 29th of the Amber Cold, in the year of Our Lord 1567. Finally, as of the 5th of the Grand Harvest, in the year of Our Lord, 1577, the Seat of The Immaculate Throne and the See of St Thomas shall be vacant and an election to elect the new Supreme Pontiff will have to be convoked in whose responsibilities and competence it is.

 

**The Seal of the Sede vacante is stamped adjacent to seal of the High Pontiff.

[Endovelicus 613]

"God bless good Pontiff Sixtus." Idelfonse mutters silently as he reads the missive.

[ARCHITECUS 4788]

And so ends the era of sucking my holy piov.

[Kvasir 1121]

Crispin looks down, frowning hearing the news, having missed the event he walks into the church and prays. "Creator bless him."  He whispers lightly as he kneels.

[garentoft 9265]

Maximilian, Sixtus IV's nephew, lights a candle for the church's loss of a great man. Even though Sixtus isn't dead.