Francisco de Borja (Cardinal)

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Francisco de Borja ( Italian Francesco Borgia ; * 1441 in Játiva , Spain , † November 4, 1511 in Reggio nell'Emilia ) was a cardinal of the Roman Church .

Life

The relative of Alexander VI. and Canon of the Cathedral Chapter of Valencia was appointed Apostolic Protonotary by the newly elected Pope and, on September 20, 1493, General Treasurer of the Curia. On August 19, 1495, Francisco de Borja became Bishop of Teano . On November 6, 1499 he was appointed Archbishop of Cosenza .

Elevated cardinal in pectore by his relative, the Pope, on September 28, 1500 , de Borjas published de Borja's cardinal revelation on October 2 of the same year and at the same time awarded him the cardinal's hat. On October 5, 1500, de Borja received the titular church of Santa Cecilia as a cardinal priest . He met in 1501 as a legate in the Campagna , where he took possession of Rocca di Papa and other papal properties and castles from the Colonna in the same year on behalf of the Pope . In 1502 he accompanied Lucrezia Borgia to her marriage to Alfonso d'Este . Pope Alexander VI He also appointed him to be the tutor of his youngest son Giovanni Borgia , the Infans Romanus , whom the Pope had recently made Duke of Camerino after he had strangled the previous title holder, the 82-year-old Giulio Cesare da Varano .

De Borja moved to the titular church Santi Nereo ed Achilleo on August 11, 1506 . From January 1503 to 1504 he was chamberlain of the Holy College of Cardinals . Francisco de Borja was a participant in the first conclave of 1503 , the Pius III. elected to the Pope. He also took part in the second conclave of 1503 , from which Julius II emerged as pope. On August 11, 1506, he opted for the titular church Santi Nereo ed Achilleo . He renounced the diocese of Teano on June 5, 1508 in favor of his nephew Francisco de Borja . In January 1511 he became a cardinal proto-priest .

Francisco de Borja participated in a conspiracy against Pope Julius II and published from Ferrara writings that were directed against the Pope. In October 1510 he traveled to Milan via Florence and Pavia. He signed the document of March 16, 1511, with which the Pope was to be summoned to the Council of Pisa . On October 24, 1511 he was removed from his cardinal office and excommunicated by Julius II, along with the cardinals Federico Sanseverino , Bernardino López de Carvajal , Guillaume Briçonnet and René de Prie . While his confreres were pardoned by Pope Leo X in 1513 and reinstated in their offices, de Borja did not live to see it. He died unexpectedly on November 4, 1511 on the journey to Pisa in Reggio, where he was also buried.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sarah Bradford: Lucrezia Borgia. Penguin Group, London 2005, ISBN 978-0-14-101413-5 , p. 181 (English)
personal data
SURNAME Borja, Francisco de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cardinal of the Catholic Church
DATE OF BIRTH 1441
PLACE OF BIRTH Játiva
DATE OF DEATH November 4, 1511
Place of death Reggio nell'Emilia