A passage from the novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray" (pizzagate)

submitted ago by combatveteran

The main character, Dorian Gray, becomes obsessed with a novel about sin and debauchery. A chapter of the book is described by describing various people who did bad things, including:

Giambattista Cibo, who in mockery took the name of Innocent, and into whose torpid veins the blood of three lads was infused by a Jewish doctor

A reference to Pope Innocent VIII? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Innocent_VIII

edit: typo

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shewhomustbeobeyed ago

wiki - https://archive.is/vRund

In July 1492 Innocent fell into a fever. He was said to have been given the world's first blood transfusion by his Jewish physician Giacomo di San Genesio, who had him drink the blood of three 10-year-old boys. The boys subsequently died. The evidence for this story, however, is unreliable and may have been motivated by antisemitism. Innocent VIII died himself on the 25th of July.

combatveteran ago

thanks.

shewhomustbeobeyed ago

sure.