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None. Pope Alexander VI [Note 2] (born Rodrigo de Borja; [Note 3] 1 January 1431 – 18 August 1503) ( epithet: Valentinus ("The Valencian ")) [6] was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 11 August 1492 until his death in 1503. Born into the prominent Borgia family in Xàtiva in the Kingdom of Valencia under the Crown ...
- 11 August 1492
- 17 September 1456, by Callixtus III
- 18 August 1503
- Pius III
Papa Alejandro VI. Ottaviano. [2] Si Papa Alejandro VI o Alexander Sextus na ipinanganak na Rodrigo Llançol i de Borja (Espanyol na Kastilyano: Rodrigo Lanzol; 1 Enero 1431, Xàtiva, Kaharian ng Valencia – 18 Agosto 1503, Roma, Mga Estado ng Papa) ang Papa ng Simbahang Katoliko Romano mula 1492 hanggang sa kaniyang kamatayan noong 1503.
- 11 August 1492
- Innocent VIII
- 18 August 1503
- Pius III
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Inter caetera ('Among other [works]') was a papal bull issued by Pope Alexander VI on the 4 May 1493, which granted to the Catholic Monarchs King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile all lands to the "west and south" of a pole-to-pole line 100 leagues west and south of any of the islands of the Azores or the Cape Verde islands ...
May 4, 2019 · In response to Portugal’s discovery of the Spice Islands in 1512, the Spanish put forward the idea, in 1518, that Pope Alexander VI had divided the world into two halves. Further European states now claimed that the Pope had not the right to convey sovereignty of regions as vast as the New World.
Alexander VI (born 1431, Játiva, near Valencia [Spain]—died August 18, 1503, Rome) was a corrupt, worldly, and ambitious pope (1492–1503), whose neglect of the spiritual inheritance of the church contributed to the development of the Protestant Reformation.
- Francis Xavier Murphy
A Spotlight on a Primary Source by Pope Alexander VI. The Papal Bull "Inter Caetera," issued by Pope Alexander VI on May 4, 1493, played a central role in the Spanish conquest of the New World. The document supported Spain’s strategy to ensure its exclusive right to the lands discovered by Columbus the previous year.
Oct 4, 2021 · TIMELINE. May 4, 1493. Pope Alexander VI issues a bull, Inter caetera, that decrees that all newly discovered lands west of a line of longitude running through the eastern part of present-day Brazil belong to Spain, and everything east to Portugal.
