Francis Borgia
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Francis Borgia
Early life
He was born in the Duchy of Gandía in the Kingdom of Valencia (part of Crown of Aragon), on 28 October 1510. His father was Juan Borgia, 3rd Duke of Gandía, the son of Giovanni Borgia, the son of Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia). His mother was Juana, daughter of Alonso de Aragón, Archbishop of Zaragoza, who, in turn, was the illegitimate son of King Ferdinand II of Aragon.[2] His brother, Tomás de Borja y Castro, also entered the Church, becoming Bishop of Málaga, and later Archbishop of Zaragoza.
As a child he was very pious and wished to become a monk, but his family sent him instead to serve in the court of
Adult life and career
In Madrid in the month of September 1529, he married a Portuguese noblewoman, Leonor de Castro Mello y Meneses. They had eight children: Carlos in 1530, Isabel in 1532, Juan in 1533, Álvaro circa 1535, Juana also circa 1535, Fernando in 1537, Dorotea in 1538, and Alfonso in 1539.[citation needed]
Upon Borgia's marriage, Charles V appointed him Marquess of Lombay, master of the hounds, and equerry to the empress.
During this period of his life, Borgia composed
In 1543, Borgia's father died, and Borgia accordingly became the 4th Duke of Gandía.[3] His diplomatic abilities came into question after his failed attempt at arranging a marriage between Prince Philip of Spain and the Princess of Portugal, thus ending a hope of bringing these two countries together, and resulting in his retirement as duke, handing his title to his son, Carlos.[4] Borgia, now 33, retired to his native place and devoted himself to religious activities.
Jesuit priest
After the 1546 death of his wife Eleanor, Francis Borgia decided to enter the newly formed
Borgia helped in the establishment of what is now the Gregorian University in Rome.[6] Upon Borgia's return from a journey to Peru, Pope Julius III made known his intention to make him a cardinal.[4] To prevent this, Borgia decided, in agreement with Ignatius of Loyola, to leave the city secretly and go to the Basque Country.[7]
In 1554, Borgia became the Jesuit commissary-general in Spain,
Borgia went on to found the
Death and legacy
Francis Borgia died on 30 September 1572, in Rome. His body was repatriated to Spain in 1617;
On 30 July 1901, the silver urn containing Borgia's relics was transferred to a church on Flor Baja street, which was dedicated to Sacred Heart and San Francis Borgia. This church was part of a new Jesuit residence established thanks to a donation from Manuel Álvarez de Toledo , and in 1911 the residence became a professed house.[10] After that church was destroyed by arson in 1931, some of Borgia's ashes were recovered and eventually reinterred in the new Jesuit complex on calle de Serrano.[11]
Francis Borgia was
Parishes are dedicated to Francis Borgia in locations including:
- Chicago, Illinois[13]
- Sturgis, Kentucky[14]
- Washington, Missouri[15]
- Blair, Nebraska[16]
- Cedarburg, Wisconsin[17]
- Isio, Cauayan, Negros Occidental, Philippines[citation needed]
The Jesuit-founded city of São Borja, in southern Brazil, is named after Francis Borgia.[citation needed] St. Francis Borgia Regional High School is located in Washington, Missouri.[18] Marc-Antoine Charpentier composed Motet pour St François de Borgia (H.354, for 1 voice, 2 treble instruments, and continuo) in his honor in the late 1680s.[citation needed]
Issue
By his wife, Leonor de Castro Mello y Meneses, he had eight children, five sons and three daughters:[19]
- Carlos, 5th Duke de Gandía (1530-1592). In 1548 he married Magdalena de Centelles y Cardona and had four sons and three daughters:
- Francisco Tomas de Borja y Centelles, 6th Duke de Gandía (1551-1595). In 1572 he married Joana de Fernandez y Velasco and had six sons and two daughters, plus an illegitimate son and an illegitimate daughter:
- Íñigo de Borja y Velasco (1575-1622)
- Gaspar de Borja y Velasco (1580-1645)
- Baltasar de Borja y Velasco[20] (1586-1622)
- Francisco Tomas de Borja y Centelles, 6th Duke de Gandía (1551-1595). In 1572 he married Joana de Fernandez y Velasco and had six sons and two daughters, plus an illegitimate son and an illegitimate daughter:
- Isabel de Borja y Castro (1532-1558). In 1548 she married Francisco Gomez de Sandonal y Rojas and had a son:
- Francisco Gómez de Sandoval, 1st Duke of Lerma(1553-1625). He had:
- Juana Gómez de Sandoval (d. 1624). She had:
- Luisa de Guzmán (1613-1666). Queen consort of Portugal.
- Juana Gómez de Sandoval (d. 1624). She had:
- Juan de Borja y Castro (1533-1606). In 1552 he married Lorenza de Onaz y Loyola, had four daughters and widowed in 1575. He remarried Francisca de Aragon y Barredo and had five sons:
- Francisco de Borja y Aragón, prince of Squillace (1581-1658)
- Alvar de Borja y Castro (1534-1594). He married his niece Elvira de Enriquez y Borja (daughter of Juana) and had two sons and four daughters.
- Juana Francisca de Borja y Castro (b. 1536). In 1550 she married Juan de Enriquez y Almansa y Rojas and had a daughter, Elvira de Enriquez y Borja.
- Ferran de Borja y Castro (b. 1537). He married Violante de Armendia and had a son:
- Juan Buenaventura de Borja y Armendia (1564-1628)
- Dorotea de Borja y Castro (1538-1552), nun.
- Alfons de Borja y Castro (b. 1539). In 1567 he married Leonor de Norona, without issue.
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See also
References
- ^ "CatholicSaints.info Saint Francis Borgia". www.catholicsaints.info. Retrieved October 2, 2022.
- ^ a b c d "CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Francis Borgia". www.newadvent.org. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
- ^ "Saint Francis Borgia | Jesuit superior general". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2017-08-24.
- ^ a b "Patron Saint | St. Francis Borgia Catholic Church". saintfrancisborgia.org. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
- ^ a b c "Parish Patron Saint". St. Francis Borgia Catholic Church. Archived from the original on 29 June 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ a b c "Saint Francis Borgia". Franciscan Media. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ "Francis Borgia, SJ". www.manresa-sj.org. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
- ^ Pierre Suau (1909), "St. Francis Borgia", Catholic Encyclopedia
- ^ Martín Corral Estrada (14 May 2019). "La primera Casa Profesa de Madrid". Jesuitas Madrid.
- ^ Martín Corral Estrada (17 June 2019). "La segunda Casa Profesa de Madrid". Jesuitas Madrid.
- ^ José Francisco Serrano Oceja (30 December 2017). "San Francisco de Borja: una parroquia con vocación universal". ABC Madrid.
- ^ "St. Francis Borgia - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online". Catholic Online. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
- ^ "Saint Francis Borgia Catholic Church". stfrancisborgiachicago.com. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
- ^ "St. Francis Borgia". St. Francis Borgia. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
- ^ "Saint Francis Borgia". Saint Francis Borgia. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
- ^ "St. Francis Borgia Catholic Church | Blair, NE". stfrancisborgia.org. Archived from the original on 2013-01-10. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
- ^ "St. Francis Borgia Catholic Church". www.saintfrancisborgia.org. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
- ^ "St. Francis Borgia Regional High School | Catholic College Preparatory High School in Washington, MO". www.borgia.com. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
- ^ "Diario Borja-Borgia - Gen. 06". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
- ^ "Baltasar de Borja y Velasco". Real Academia de la Historia. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
Bibliography
- Candido de Dalmases, Francis Borgia. Grandee of Spain, Jesuit, Saint, Saint-Louis, 1991
- Candido de Dalmases, El Padre Francisco de Borja, Madrid, 1983.24 pages. Madrid: Editorial Católica, (1983). ISBN, 8422011166, ISBN 978-84-220-1116-3
- Margaret Yeo, The greatest of the Borgias, New York, 1936, 374 pages
- Enrique García Hernán, Sanctus Franciscus Borgia: Quartus Gandiae Dux et Societatis Iesu Praepositus Generalis Tertius, 1510-1572 , Volumen 156, Monumenta Borgia Series Volumes 156–157, Monumenta Historica Societatis Iesu (1903) (new edition by Edit. Generalitat Valeciana, 2003)
- Enrique García Hernán, Francisco de Borja, Grande de España, 1999 reprint by Institució Alfons el Magnànim, (Diputació de Valência), of the 1903 edition, 292 pages, ISBN 84-7822-275-8
- Francisco de Borja, Santo y Duque de Gandia (1510-2010) by several authors in several subjects, Bromera edit., 2010, ISBN 978-84-9824-634-6
- Angel Santos Hernandez, Jesuitas y Obispados: la Compañia de Jesús y las dignidades eclesiasticas,(1999), 539 pages,in Spanish, Universidad Pontificia de Comillas edit. . a Google book to be found under:
- María Rosa Urraca Pastor, San Francisco de Borja, Barcelona 1943
External links
- Tradition in Action - Saint of the Day: St. Francis Borgia
- (in Spanish) Diario Borja - Borgia
- (in Spanish) Borja o Borgia
- (in Spanish) Francisco Fernández de Bethencourt - Historia Genealógica y Heráldica Española, Casa Real y Grandes de España, tomo cuarto Archived 2019-04-01 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Spanish) Una rama subsistente del linaje Borja en América española, por Jaime de Salazar y Acha, Académico de Número de la Real Academia Matritense de Heráldica y Genealogía
- (in Spanish) Boletín de la Real Academia Matritense de Heráldica y Genealogía