Francisco de Borja
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Francisco de Borja y Navarro de Alpicat (1441 – 4 November 1511) was a Spanish
cardinal, and the seventh of ten cardinal-nephews created by Pope Alexander VI
.
Biography
Borja was born in 1441 in
Valencia.[2]
After the
election of Rodrigo Borja as Alexander VI, Francisco went to Rome, becoming a protonotary apostolic, and then the treasurer general on 20 September 1493. He was elected bishop of Teano on 19 August 1495 and retained the see until 5 June 1508, when he resigned in favor of his nephew of the same name.[3] There is no evidence he was ever consecrated. Alexander VI elevated Francisco as a cardinal priest on 28 September 1500, in pectore and published his cardinalate on 2 October, adding the title of S. Cecilia
on 5 October.
He later accumulated a variety of additional benefices: first as Abbot commendatario of the monasteries of San Vincenzo al Volturno and of S. Stefano di Sermo, then the diocese of Terracina on 19 August 1495 and then the metropolitan see of Cosenza on 6 November 1499.[4]
He was made
Colonna for the papacy. In 1502, he followed Lucrezia Borgia to Ferrara for her marriage to Alfonso d'Este, and became tutor to Alexander VI's youngest son, Giovanni Borgia (Infans Romanus).[4]
From January 1503 to 1504, Borja held the title of
Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo
on 11 August 1506.
Along with other cardinals, Borja plotted against
protoprete from January 1511, dying on 4 November 1511 in Reggio Emilia
(where he is buried) before having had the opportunity to learn of his excommunication.
Popular culture
Francisco appears in the 2010 video game
Ezio Auditore Da Firenze inside St. Peter's Basilica
.
See also
References
- ISBN 9788478227341.
- ^ Sabatini, Rafael (1924). The Life of Cesare Borgia of France : Duke of Valentinois and Romagna, Prince of Andria and Venafri, Count of Dyois, Lord of Piombino, Camerino, and Urbino, Gonfalonier and Captain-general of Holy Church; a History and Some Criticisms. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. p. 12.
- ISBN 978-0-578-06427-7.
- ^ OCLC 53276621.
Further reading
- Cheney, David M. "Francisco Cardinal de Borja †". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
- University of Valencia. "ANTIGUA CAPILLA DE LA VIRGEN DE LAS FIEBRES". (in Spanish)
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