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Rodrigo Borgia

Pope
Alexander VI
Bishop of Rome
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Papacy began 11 August 1492
Papacy ended 18 August 1503
Predecessor Innocent VIII
Successor Pius III
Orders
Ordination 1468
Consecration 30 October 1471
Created Cardinal 17 September 1456
by Callixtus III
Personal details
Birth name Roderic Borgia (Roderic Llançol i de Borja/Rodrigo Borgia)
Born (1431-01-01)1 January 1431
Xàtiva, Kingdom of Valencia, Crown of Aragon
Died 18 August 1503(1503-08-18) (aged 72)
Rome, Papal States
Buried Santa Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli, Rome
Nationality Aragonese
Denomination Catholic (Roman Rite)
Parents
Children
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Papal styles of
Pope Alexander VI
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Reference style His Holiness
Spoken style Your Holiness
Religious style Holy Father
Posthumous style None

Pope Alexander VI, born Roderic Borgia (Valencian: Roderic de Borja (Valencian pronunciation: [roðeˈɾiɡ ʎanˈsɔɫ i ðe ˈβɔɾdʒa], Spanish: Rodrigo de Borja [roˈðɾiɣo lanˈθol i ðe ˈβorxa]); 1 January 1431 – 18 August 1503), was Pope from 11 August 1492 until his death. He is one of the most controversial of the Renaissance popes, partly because he acknowledged fathering several children by his mistresses. Therefore his Italianized Valencian surname, Borgia, became a byword for libertinism and nepotism, which are traditionally considered as characterizing his pontificate. However, two of Alexander's successors, the also controversial pontiffs Sixtus V and Urban VIII, described him as one of the most outstanding popes since St. Peter.

Rodrigo de Borja was born on 1 January 1431, in the town of Xativa near Valencia, one of the component realms of the Crown of Aragon, in what is now Spain. His parents were Jofré Llançol i Escrivà (died bef. 24 March 1437), and his Aragonese wife and distant cousin Isabel de Borja y Cavanilles (died 19 October 1468). His family name is written Llançol in Catalan and Lanzol in Castillian (Spanish). Rodrigo adopted his mother's family name of Borja in 1455 following the elevation to the papacy of maternal uncle Alonso de Borja (Italianized to Alfonso Borgia) as Calixtus III.


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