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The Truth About Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI

Msgr. De Roo's work is a primary source for N. M. Gwynne's The Truth About Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI . ch. 7 (PDF pp. 41-2) is on Savonarola, the controversial burnt-at-the-stake Dominican who thought Alexander VI was an antipope. Even Savonarola didn't accuse Pope Alexander of fathering illegitimate children! Gwynne's strongest argument for Alexander VI's sanctity is that his papal conclave unanimously elected him. Alexander VI, is widely believed to have been the worst of the popes. He is said to have spent his nights in orgies and his days in organising the assassination of rivals, purloining church funds, and granting high offices to his numerous illegitimate children. But the most serious and scholarly historian to have studied the original sources for his life, Mgr. Peter De Roo, concludes that he was entirely innocent of any of the offences he is charged with: he did not obtain the papacy by bribery, he was not the father of any children, legitimate or otherwise, he was not a murderer or corrupt. Very much to the contrary, he was in fact a man of austerity, prayerfulness and charity, highly principled, a superb administrator, justly revered and loved throughout his l

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