Francis Borgia

Francis Borgia  (28 October 1510 – 30 September 1572) was a Spanish Jesuit priest. He was the great-grandson of both Pope Alexander VI and King Ferdinand II of Aragon. He was Duke of Gandía and a grandee of Spain. After the death of his wife, Borgia became a priest in the Society of Jesus. He later became its third superior general. He was canonized on 20 June 1670 by Pope Clement X.

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Tradition in Action - Saint of the Day: St. Francis Borgia
  Diario Borja - Borgia
  Borja o Borgia 
  Francisco Fernández de Bethencourt - Historia Genealógica y Heráldica Española, Casa Real y Grandes de España, tomo cuarto 
  Una rama subsistente del linaje Borja en América española, por Jaime de Salazar y Acha, Académico de Número de la Real Academia Matritense de Heráldica y Genealogía
  Boletín de la Real Academia Matritense de Heráldica y Genealogía

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Category:Jesuits
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