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Definition of Rodrigo Borgia
1. Noun. Pope and father of Cesare Borgia and Lucrezia Borgia (1431-1503).
Generic synonyms: Bishop Of Rome, Catholic Pope, Holy Father, Pontiff, Pope, Roman Catholic Pope, Vicar Of Christ
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rodrigo Borgia
Literary usage of Rodrigo Borgia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Popes, from the Close of the Middle Ages: Drawn from the by Ludwig Pastor, Ralph Francis Kerr, Frederick Ignatius Antrobus (1902)
"... Giuliano della Rovere, Savelli, and Rodrigo Borgia were the most prominent.
All of these were deeply infected with the corruption which prevailed in ..."
2. History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages by Ferdinand Gregorovius (1900)
"THE CANDIDATES FOR THE PAPACY—JULIAN ROVERE —ASCANIO SFORZA—Rodrigo Borgia BUYS
THE PAPAL ELECTION—ALEXANDER VI. POPE, AUGUST n, 1492—H1s PAST—His MISTRESS ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"BORGIA, Lucrezia, daughter of Rodrigo Borgia, who ascended the papal throne in
1492 under the name of Alexander VI, and sister of Cesare Borgia (qv) : b. ..."
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