The Borgias became prominent in both ecclesiastical and political affairs, producing two popes: Alfons de Borja, who ruled as ...

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VATICAN CITY, Holy See — From Pius to Clement, Hilarius to Simplicius, papal names through the centuries are inextricably linked to the brilliant or wretched legacies of the men who have ruled the ...

Alexander VI was more audaciously imperial: he sponsored the treaty that arbitrarily divided the entire world outside of Europe between Spain (his home country) and Portugal in 1494. Alexander VI ...

Upon assuming power, Sergius III reportedly had his two predecessors murdered in prison. Alexander VI was known for having many mistresses and he openly recognised several children as his own.

The first conclave held in the chapel, in 1492, elected one of the most unscrupulous popes, Alexander VI, who was notorious for fathering children with multiple women and who clinched the papal ...

Alexander VI, elected in 1492, was Spanish; Gregory III, elected in 731, was Syrian; Adrian VI, elected in 1522, was from the Netherlands.

Alexander VI was more audaciously imperial: he sponsored the treaty that arbitrarily divided the entire world outside of Europe between Spain (his home country) and Portugal in 1494. Alexander VI’s ...