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Definition of Alfonso Borgia

1. Noun. Italian pope whose nepotism put the Borgia family in power in Italy (1378-1458).

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Literary usage of Alfonso Borgia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of the Papacy During the Period of the Reformation by Mandell Creighton (1882)
"... hereditary hatred to the Turks, which would make him a fitting representative of the crusading movement.1 On April 20 Alfonso Borgia was crowned Pope, ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"When Alfonso V of Ara- gpn resolved to withdraw from the Schism and place himself and his kingdom under the jurisdiction of Martin V, Alfonso Borgia acted ..."

3. A History of the Papacy from the Great Schism to the Sack of Rome by Mandell Creighton (1911)
"Spanish Cardinal, Alfonso Borgia, was elected by accession on April 8. ... Alfonso Borgia was a native of Xativa in Valencia, who had distinguished himself ..."

4. Lucretia Borgia: According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day by Ferdinand Gregorovius (1903)
"Alfonso Borgia was born in the year 1378 at Xativa, near Valencia. He served King Alfonso of Aragon as privy secretary, and was made Bishop of Valencia. ..."

5. The History of the Popes, from the Close of the Middle Ages: Drawn from the by Ludwig Pastor, Frederick Ignatius Antrobus, Ralph Francis Kerr (1891)
"No one had hitherto contemplated the elevation of Alfonso Borgia as a ... t The priest to. whom the saint spoke was no other than Alfonso Borgia. ..."

6. A History of Spain from the Earliest Times to the Death of Ferdinand the by Ulick Ralph Burke (1900)
"... members of the family of Calixtus, invested with ttw scarlet hat in half a century, is interesting and instructive :— 1. Cardinal Alfonso Borgia 1444 2. ..."

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