Borgia family; Borja, Francisco de, Saint, 1510-1572; Italy -- History -- 1492-1559
“Our well-beloved son in Christ Maximilian, Elect-Emperor, Always
August;
„ „ „ Louis (XII), of the French, the Most
Christian King;
„ „ „ Hernando, of Aragon and the Two
Sicilies, the Catholic King;
„ „ „ Emanuele, of Portugal, the Illustrious
King;
„ „ „ Henry (VII), of England, the
Illustrious King;[92]
„ „ „ James (V), of the Scots, the
Illustrious King;
„ „ „ Wladislaf, of Hungary and Bohemia, the
Illustrious King;
„ „ „ Jean and Katharine, King and Queen of
Navarre;
„ „ „ Sigismund, King of Poland;
„ „ „ John, King of Denmark;
„ „ „ Carlo, Duke of Savoja;
„ „ „ Lionardo Lauredano, Doge of Venice;”
and proclaims that “this day, in Public Consistory, We have deprived” of
all things ecclesiastical, and of the cardinalitial hat, (_galero
cardinalatus_), Bernardino Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina, Guillaume
Cardinal-Bishop of Praeneste (Palestrina), Francisco Cardinal-Presbyter
of the title of San Nereo e Sant’ Achilleo (a clerical error for his
Title, as given above in the Bull, was San Clemente), and Réné de Prie
Cardinal-Presbyter of the Title of Santa Sabina, that they no longer may
be considered Cardinals, nor called Cardinals, by word or by writing.
The Brief is _Dated at Rome at St. Peters, and given Under the
Fisherman’s Ring, the twenty-fourth of October 1511 and the eighth year
of Our Pontificate_. This summary is appended here as an example of
form.
Death had hurled his dart before the Terrible Pontiff. Cardinal
Francisco de Borja died of an apoplexy at Pisa, before the sentence of
his disgrace and deposition reached him there.
The student of history, who seeks a field wherein few yet have walked,
will be well advised to investigate the life of this gentle and quiet
cardinal, who departed in the tragic blaze of madness and revolt.
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