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ARTICLES RELATED TO Pope Alexander VI | | | |  Pope Alexander VI: Encyclopedia - Pope Alexander VIAlexander VI, (Rodrigo Borgia) (January 1, 1431 – August 18, 1503) pope (1492-1503), is the most memorable of the secular popes of the Renaissance. He was born at Xàtiva, València, Spain, and his father's surname was Lanzol or Llançol; that of his mother's family, Borgia or Borja, was assumed by him on the elevation of his maternal uncle to the papacy as Callixtus III (April 8, 1455).
Pope Alexander VI - Education and election.
He studied law at Bologna and after his uncle's election he w ...
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| | | | Pope Alexander VI: Encyclopedia II - Pope Alexander VI - Nepotism and opposition Borgia's elevation did not at the time excite much alarm, and at first his reign was marked by a strict administration of justice and an orderly method of government in satisfactory contrast with the anarchy of the previous pontificate, as well as by great outward splendour. But it was not long before his unbridled passion for endowing his relatives at the expense of the Church and of his neighbours became manifest. For this object he was ready to commit any crime and to plunge all Italy into war. Cesare, then a youth of seventeen and a stud ...
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| | | | Pope Alexander VI: Encyclopedia II - Pope Alexander VI - Nepotism and opposition Borgia's elevation did not at the time excite much alarm, and at first his reign was marked by a strict administration of justice and an orderly method of government in satisfactory contrast with the anarchy of the previous pontificate, as well as by great outward splendour. But it was not long before his unbridled passion for endowing his relatives at the expense of the Church and of his neighbours became manifest. For this object he was ready to commit any crime and to plunge all Italy into war. Alexander had four children by his mistress ...
See also:Pope Alexander VI, Pope Alexander VI - Education and election, Pope Alexander VI - Nepotism and opposition, Pope Alexander VI - French involvement, Pope Alexander VI - The French in retreat, Pope Alexander VI - Confiscations and Savonarola, Pope Alexander VI - Cesare in the North, Pope Alexander VI - Last years, Pope Alexander VI - Death and reputation, Pope Alexander VI - Mistresses and family, Pope Alexander VI - Representations in popular culture, Pope Alexander VI - Books, Pope Alexander VI - Television Read more here: » Pope Alexander VI: Encyclopedia II - Pope Alexander VI - Nepotism and opposition |
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| | | | Pope Alexander VI: Encyclopedia II - Pope - Death abdication and election
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The current regulations regarding a papal interregnum — i.e., a sede vacante ("vacant seat") — were promulgated by John Paul II in his 1996 document Universi Dominici Gregis. During the "Reading Festival", the Sacred College of Cardinals, composed of the pope's principal advisors and assistants, is collectively responsible for the government of the Church and of the Vatican itself, under the direction of the Cardinal Chamberlain; however, canon law specifically forbids the Cardinal ...
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