The new film deals with the infamous Borgia family which produced no less than two saintly Popes in Italy during the 14th and 15th century. |
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Page 28 of the Codex Borgia is, in effect, one page in an almanac produced by astronomer-calculators to suit a particular time and place of celestial observation. |
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In principle, under the rule of Caesar Borgia, called Valentino in 1501 passed into the hands of the Papal States. |
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It was reconquered by James I, before passing into the hands of the Borgia family. |
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Its most striking building is the church of Santa María, a church-fortress in whose atrium the remains of Caesar Borgia lie. |
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The Cardinal was the son of Lucretia Borgia, a very educated man that took care of every detail. |
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Saint Francis Borgia was born on October 28th, 1510 and was the Fourth Duke of Gandía and Viceroy of Catalonia. |
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These are the traits that have portrayed the personage of Lucretia Borgia in the collective imagination for centuries. |
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The business is temporarily residing at the Borgia Market in the Rainbow Outlet Mall, formerly known as the City Centre. |
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From October 27th to 30th Father General will be in Spain on the occasion of the closing of the 500th anniversary of the birth of St. Francis Borgia. |
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Downtown Sudbury was known as the Borgia district. |
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Military occupation, there were only two times and for a very short time: the first in 1503 with Cesare Borgia, called Valentino and the second in 1739 with Cardinal Giulio Alberoni. |
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Thus, the prominent Italian families looked down on the Borgia family, and they resented their power, which they sought for themselves. |
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Cesare resigned the cardinalate in 1498 and married Charlotte d'Albret in order to cement the Borgia alliance with the French king Louis XII, whose request for a marriage annulment was granted by the pope. |
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Her international breakthrough came in 1965. She was asked at short notice to learn the title role in Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia which was to be given a concert performance in Carnegie Hall. |
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He glitters as the wicked Cesare Borgia, giving him a quick wit and devilish panache, which leaves the movie's supposed hero, Tyrone Power, struggling to appear anywhere near as captivating as its villain. |
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As poisoned chalices go, the leadership of the Liberal Democrats 12 months ago resembled something rustled up by Lucrezia Borgia on one of her more vengeful days. |
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Her surname alone, Borgia, is enough to evoke controversial figures such as Pope Alexander VI and the Condottiere Cesare Borgia, known as Valentino, who inspired Machiavelli's The Prince. |
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Then, in 1502, she fled and sought shelter in Atri from the siege of the city by Cesare Borgia and it was not until 1504 that she was able to return to Camerino. |
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From the first job he got rid of only through the death of Borgia and the second occupation he was lawfully dissolved by appeal to the pope that he recognized the right of independence. |
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Xàtiva, located 70 km to the south of Valencia is home of the Borgia Popes Calixte III and Alexander VI, being one of the most important historical cities of the Valencia Region. |
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At first the papal troops were defeated and things looked bleak for the house of Borgia. |
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Then he ended the Mass at which were present five cardinals, Serra, Juan and Francesco Borgia, Casanova and Loris. |
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Therefore his Italianized Valencian surname, Borgia, became a byword for libertinism and nepotism, which are traditionally considered as characterizing his pontificate. |
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He commissioned Pinturicchio to lavishly paint a suite of rooms in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican, which are today known as the Borgia Apartments. |
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He was the father of seven children, including Lucrezia and Cesare Borgia. |
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In 1501, Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco was suspected of a plot with Cesare Borgia to favour the latter in the conquest of the city, but the accusations were never confirmed. |
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Then occurred a major domestic tragedy for the house of Borgia. |
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