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Alessandro Borgia (bishop)
Alessandro Borgia (1682, Velletri – 1764, Fermo) was an Italian bishop and archbishop. Life From a collateral patrician branch of House of Borgia, Borgia family, he was the son of Don Clemente Erminio Borgia of Velletri (1640-1711) and Cecilia Carboni (1663-1739). He studied theology and letters at the "Sapienza Università di Roma, Sapienza" and in 1706 followed Monsignor Giovanni Battista Bussi (1656–1726), Bussi to Cologne as secretary to the Apostolic Nuncio to Cologne, legation there, succeeding him as nuncio on Bussi's promotion to cardinal in 1712. He remained in northern Europe until 1714, when he was made governor of Assisi, in 1716 becoming bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Nocera Umbra. He wanted to go to China as a representative of the Holy See but – impressed by the differences arising in the Chinese rites between the Jesuit and Franciscan missionaries and the Chinese emperor he chose to stay in Italy. In 1724 he was made ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velletri
Velletri (; la, Velitrae; xvo, Velester) is an Italian ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Rome, approximately 40 km to the southeast of the city centre, located in the Alban Hills, in the region of Lazio, central Italy. Neighbouring communes are Rocca di Papa, Lariano, Cisterna di Latina, Artena, Aprilia, Nemi, Genzano di Roma, and Lanuvio. Its motto is: ('Liberty of pope and empire is given to me'). Velletri was an ancient city of the Volsci tribe. Legendarily it came into conflict with the Romans during the reign of Ancus Marcius, the fourth king of Rome; then again in the fifth and fourth centuries BCE, during the early Roman Republic. Velletri was also the home of the Octavii, the paternal family of the first Roman Emperor Augustus. In the Middle Ages, it was one of the few " free cities" in Lazio and central Italy. It was the site of two historic battles in 1744 and 1849. During the Second World War, it was at the centre of fierce fighting between the Germans and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
