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He was born of very humble parentage at Balue was thrown into prison, where he remained eleven years, but not, as has been alleged, in an iron cage. In 1480 , through the intervention of Pope Sixtus IV , he was set at liberty, and from that time lived in high favour at the court of Rome . In 1484 he was even sent to France as legate a latere. He died at Ancona in 1491 .