Borgia family; Borja, Francisco de, Saint, 1510-1572; Italy -- History -- 1492-1559
(α) The Lord John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord High
Chancellor of England, whose virtues have been praised
by another English Chancellor, the Blessed Sir Thomas
More;—Cardinal-Presbyter of the Title of Santa Anastasia;
(β) The Lord Giovantonio di Sangiorgio;—Cardinal-Presbyter of the
Title of San Nereo e Sant’ Achilleo;
(γ) Frère Jean Villiers de la Grolaye, Lord Abbot of Saint Denys by
Paris;—Cardinal-Presbyter of the Title of Santa Sabina;
(δ) The Lord Bernardino Lopez de Caravajal, Apostolic Legate to Caesar
Friedrich IV, the eloquent preacher at the Conclave of
1492;—Cardinal-Presbyter of the Title of San Marcellino e San
Pietro:
(ε) The Lord Raymond Perauld,[26] a Frenchman, Apostolic Nuncio in
Germany;—Cardinal-Presbyter of the Title of San Giovanni e San
Paolo:
(ζ) The Lord Cesare (detto Borgia), reputed bastard of the Lord
Alexander P.P. VI, and of the age of eighteen
years;—Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria _Nuova_:
(η) The Lord Ippolito d’Este, of the age of fifteen years, a great
athlete and fighter from boyhood to youth, and a prince of the
Royal House of Ferrara; “tall he was of frame, brawny of
sinew, mighty of limb, strengthening his robustitude with
exercises, archery, and hurling javelins; grace and charm
bloomed on the face of him; his bright eyes beamed with grave
tranquillity, worthy of all praise; most royal was his whole
aspect; he was an expert swimmer; and with whatsoever weapons
he adroitly strove he innured himself to heat and cold and
night-long vigils”;—Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Lucia _in Silice,
alias in Orfea_:
(θ) The Lord Fryderyk Kasimierz Jagelone di Polonia, son of King
Kasimierz of Poland, Bishop of Cracow;—Cardinal-Deacon of Santa
Lucia _in Septisolio, alias in Septizonio_:
(ι) The Lord Giuliano Cesarini (detto Giuniore), Apostolic
Prothonotary, Canon of the Vatican Basilica;—Cardinal-Deacon of
San Sergio e San Bacco:
(κ) The Lord Domenico Grimani, Apostolic Prothonotary;—Cardinal-Deacon
of San Niccolo _inter Imagines_:
(λ) The Lord Alessandro Farnese, Apostolic Prothonotary (nicknamed
“Cardinal Petticoat,” on account of the Pope’s partiality for
his sister, Madonna Giulia Orsini nata Farnese);—Cardinal-Deacon
of San Cosma e San Damiano:
(μ) The Lord Bernardino de’ Lunati, Apostolic Prothonotary, friend of
the Cardinal-Vicechancellor;—Cardinal-Deacon of San Ciriaco
_alle Terme Diocleziane_.[27]
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