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Pope Alexander VI
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“Pro salutae animae sua.”
Pope Alexander VI (1431–1503) first seen 1498 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As pope, to Cardinal Ximenes on the why he saw no reason to hinder his son Cesare Borgia's renunciation of the Purple (August, 1498), as quoted in The Life of Cesare Borgia (1912) by Rafael Sabatini, Chapter V: The Renu…
“The very heart of him.”
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Recorded in: As pope, in a letter to the King of France, about the magnificence of his son Cesare Borgia (October, 1498), as quoted in The Life of Cesare Borgia (1912) by Rafael Sabatini, Book III The Bull Rampant, Chapter I: The Du…
“May the Lord array thee in the garment of salvation and surround thee with the cloak of happiness.”
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Recorded in: Inscribed words upon the mantle of gonfalonier given to his son Cesare Borgia (March 29, 1499), as quoted in The Life of Cesare Borgia (1912) by Rafael Sabatini, Chapter IV: Gonfalonier of the Church.
“I am coming; I am coming. It is just. But wait a little.”
Pope Alexander VI (1431–1503) first seen 1503 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Last words (August, 1503), as quoted in The Life of Cesare Borgia (1912) by Rafael Sabatini, Book IV The Bull Cadent, Chapter I: The Death of Alexander VI
“But may God, who grants pardon and loves to save man, in his goodness, give strength to us and make prosperous the Holy See.”
Pope Alexander VI (1431–1503) said by 1503 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in, Material for a History of Pope Alexander VI, Peter de Roo, 2:378 [http://www.attomelani.net/index.php/english/the-new-series-of-monaldi-sorti/the-doubts-of-salai/ Compare: For God loves saving, not condemning…
“The Duke (Cesare) is a good-natured man, but he cannot tolerate affronts. I have often told him that Rome is a free city, and that everyone may write and speak as he pleases. Evil is even spoken of me, but I let it pass." The Duke replied: "Rome is accustomed to write and speak; it is well, but I will teach such people repentance."* The Pope finally reminded him how much he himself had forgiven, and especially at the time of Charles VIII's invasion, so many cardinals, whom the King himself had called his betrayers. "I could," he said, "have sentenced the Vice-Chancellor and Cardinal Vincula to death, but I did not wish to harm anyone, and I have forgiven fourteen great nobles.”
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Recorded in: Report of the Ferrarese ambassador, Beltrando Costabili to Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, February 1, 1502. Archives of Modena: As quoted in History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages (1900), Ferdinand Gregoroviu…