FEAST OF THE POPE'S GREAT GRANDSON...
...yes, you read that right. October 10 is the Feast of St Francis Borgia, the great grandson of Pope Alexander VI. He was born in 1510, 18 years after his native country, Spain, had discovered America. During his upbringing, Spain became the wealthiest known nation in the world and I would argue the most influential. His father, Juan Borgia was the second son of Pope Alexander VI. From his mother's side, he got his royal blood, he was the great-grandchild of King Ferdinand of Aragon. Pope Alexander was a scoundrel, while King Ferdinand has been regarded as a saint. Francis was a duke, and the right hand man of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at his opulent palace in Granada, Spain. Francis took a noblewoman, Leonor as his wife and they had 8 children, but when he was only 36, Leonor died. Francis's boss, Emperor Charles was married to Empress Isabella, a radiant beauty not unlike Nicole Kidman. She had strawberry blond locks, often plaited and aquamarin...
