Alexander VI

Noun

Meaning

Pope and father of Cesare Borgia and Lucrezia Borgia (1431-1503)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

Borgia Pope Alexander VI Rodrigo Borgia

Examples

As De Maistre said in his work Du Pape, "The latter are forgiven nothing, because everything is expected from them, wherefore the vices lightly passed over in a Louis XIV become most offensive and scandalous in an Alexander VI." Source: Internet

As for his true faults, known only to his confessor, Pope Alexander VI apparently died genuinely repentant." Source: Internet

Following the death of Alexander VI, Julius II said on the day of his election: "I will not live in the same rooms as the Borgias lived. Source: Internet

Mirror, Mirror, Gregory Maguire (2003) * Spanish author Javier Sierra writes of Pope Alexander VI in his novel, The Secret Supper. Source: Internet

It had ended the Pisan schism, ratified the censorship of books introduced by Alexander VI and imposed tithes for a war against the Turks. Source: Internet

Johann Burchard, Diaries 1483–1492 (translation: A.H. Matthew, London, 1910) Borgia was elected on 11 August 1492, assuming the name of Alexander VI (due to confusion about the status of Pope Alexander V elected by the Council of Pisa ). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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