medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Friday, February 25, 2011, at 7:51 am, christopher crockett wrote:
> From: John Briggs <[log in to unmask]>
>
> > The last time I commented here disapprovingly about one of the
> Borgias being
> made a saint I got my head bitten off...
>
> > Headless John Briggs
>
>
> well, Dog Nose, she had her faults, but Adela of Blois never lost her
> Amateur
> Standing like those Borgia guys did.
>
> one of them even made Pope, didn't he?
Two: Calixtus III and Alexander VI. The saint is Francisco de Borja (d. 1572), an early General of the Jesuits. Back in 2004 there was a brief discussion of all three in "saints of the day" for 10. October. The texts of that discussion's first three posts are conveniently accessible here:
http://tinyurl.com/63erzgg
Best,
John Dillon
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