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Alexander VI

Noun

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

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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

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