Pope Alexander VI (1 gen 1431 anni – 18 agos 1503 anni)

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Pope Alexander VI was Pope from 11 August 1492 until his death in 1503. Born into the prominent Borgia family in Xàtiva in the Crown of Aragon (now Spain), Rodrigo studied law at the University of Bologna. He was ordained deacon and made a cardinal in 1456 after the election of his uncle as Pope Callistus III, and a year later he became vice-chancellor of the Catholic Church. He proceeded to serve in the Curia under the next four popes, acquiring significant influence and wealth in the process. In 1492, Rodrigo was elected Pope, taking the name Alexander VI. Alexander's bulls of 1493 confirmed the rights of the Spanish crown in the New World following the finds of Christopher Columbus in 1492. During the second Italian war, Alexander VI supported his son Cesare Borgia as a condottiere for the French King. The scope of his foreign policy was to gain the most advantageous terms for his family.Alexander was also considered one of the most controversial of the Renaissance popes, partly because he acknowledged fathering several children by his mistresses.

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