| Name |
Roderigo Borgia [1] |
| Born |
1431 |
Játiva, Valencia, España  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
1444 |
| Received a benefice in Játiva |
| Occupation |
1445 |
| Sacrista or chantre of Valencia |
| Occupation |
1448 |
| Canon of the cathedral chapters of Valencia, Barcelona and Segorbe |
| Occupation |
1449 |
| Pastor of Culera, vicar of Alzira and chantre of Játiva |
| Occupation |
10 May 1455 |
| Named by his uncle (Pope Callistus III) apostolic notary |
| Occupation |
3 Jun 1455 |
| Dean of Santa MarÃa de Játiva |
| Occupation |
20 Feb 1456 |
| Created cardinal deacon in secret in the consistory (with the order to the cardinals of admitting him to the conclave) |
| Occupation |
21 Aug 1456 |
| Named rector of the hospital S. Andrea, Verceli |
| Occupation |
17 Sep 1456 |
| Published with the deaconry of S. Nicola in Carcere |
| Occupation |
17 Nov 1456 |
| Received the red hat |
| Occupation |
1 May 1457 |
| Named vice-chancellor of the Holy Roman Church |
| Occupation |
30 Jun 1458 |
| Named administrator of the see Valencia |
| Occupation |
22 Jan 1459 |
| Left Rome with Pope Pius II and went to Perugia, Siena (where he signed a papal bull dated 18 April), Florence and Mantua |
| Occupation |
9 Jan 1469 |
| Accompanied Emperor Friedrich III with Cardinal Angelo Capranica from Rome to Viterbo |
| Occupation |
30 Aug 1471 |
| Opted for the order of cardinal bishops and the suburbicarian see of Albano |
| Occupation |
30 Oct 1471 |
| Ordained |
| Occupation |
23 Dec 1471 |
| Named legate before the king of Spain for the crusade against the Turks |
| Occupation |
8 Jan 1472 |
| Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals (to 15 May when he departed for Ostia, Catalonia and Spain) |
| Occupation |
24 Oct 1473 |
| Returned from his legation without success (encountered a strong storm in the Mediterraean and lost 30,000 florins) |
| Occupation |
14 Jan 1475 |
| Went to Terracina to meet King Frdinando of Naples and accompanied him to Rome (entered the city on 28 January and continued with the king to Marino) |
| Occupation |
10 Jun 1476 |
| Followed the pope to Viterbo because of the plague |
| Occupation |
25 Jun 1477 |
| Named legate to crown the new queen of Naples, wife of King Ferdinando |
| Occupation |
21 Mar 1478 |
| Inscribed himself in the Confraternity of the Holy Spirit |
| Occupation |
8 Jul 1482 |
| Named administrator of the see of Cartagena |
| Occupation |
22 Jan 1483 |
| Became dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals at the death of Cardinal Guillaume d'Estouteville |
| Occupation |
9 Oct 1489 |
| Received in commendam the see of Mallorca (occupied that post until his election to the papacy) |
| Occupation |
18 Nov 1489 |
| Went to Ostia with Pope Innocent VIII |
| Occupation |
9 Jul 1492 |
| Became the first archbishop of Valencia when that see was elevated to the rank of archdiocese (succeeded by Cesare Borgia on 31 August 1492) |
| Occupation |
11 Aug 1492 |
| Elected pope and took the name Alexander (Alessandro) VI |
| Occupation |
26 Aug 1492 |
| Crowned at the patriarchal Vatican basilica by Cardinal Francesco Todeschini-Piccolomini, protodeacon of S. Eustachio, future Pope Pius III |
| Died |
18 Aug 1503 |
Roma, Italia |
| Cause: Apoplexy |
| Buried |
18 Aug 1503 |
Chapel of S. Maria delle Febri (adajacent to the patriarchal Vatican basilica) |
| Burial |
30 Jan 1610 |
Transferred to the church of S. Maria in Montserrato (church of the crown of Aragón in Rome) |
| Burial |
21 Aug 1889 |
Transferred to the chapel of S. Diego (Spanish national church in Rome) |
| Property |
Son of Jofré de Borja i Escrivà by Isabel de Borja (sister Pope Callistus III) |
| Person ID |
I21122 |
Godbout |
| Last Modified |
18 Apr 2017 |
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