Jaime de Casanova (died 1504) (called Cardinal Casanova) was a

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Biography

Jaime de Casanova was born in

Xàtiva Xàtiva (, es, Játiva ) is a town in eastern Spain, in the province of Valencia, on the right (western) bank of the river Albaida and at the junction of the Valencia–Murcia and Valencia Albacete railways. It is located 25 km west ...

, ca. 1435.Biographical Dictionary of the Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
/ref> Early in his career, Casanova came under the protection of Cardinal Roderic Llançol i de Borja (the future

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). In

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, he became ''

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e di parco minore''; then a papal

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; and then a

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. In 1492, he was a witness at the dissolution of the marriage of

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and Gaspare Aversa, and in 1493, was a witness at her marriage to

Giovanni Sforza Giovanni Sforza d'Aragona (5 July 1466 – 27 July 1510) was an Italian condottiero, lord of Pesaro and Gradara from 1483 until his death. He is best known as the first husband of Lucrezia Borgia. Their marriage was annulled on claims of his impoten ...

. In 1497, he became an ''officiali audientie contradictarum'', and in 1498 a

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. Pope Alexander VI made him a

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in the

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of 31 May 1503. He received the

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on 12 June 1503. In August 1503, he was present at the

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performed for the dying pope. The pope died on 18 August 1503; the next day his son

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sent

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and a band of thugs to the

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, where they pulled a knife on Cardinal Casanova and demanded he give them all the money in the apartments. Terrified, Cardinal Casanova handed over the keys. He participated in the papal conclave of September 1503, though his participation was limited by bad health. He participated in the

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, but not his

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. He then participated in the papal conclave of October 1503 that elected

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. He was able to attend the new pope's coronation, but not his first consistory and meeting of the

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. His health recovered a little in spring 1504. He died in Rome on 4 June 1504. He is buried in

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References

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