Francis Borgia

Francis Borgia SJ (28 October 1510 – 30 September 1572) was a Spanish Jesuit priest. He was the great-grandson of both Pope Alexander VI and King Ferdinand II of Aragon. He was Duke of Gandía and a grandee of Spain. After the death of his wife, Borgia became a priest in the Society of Jesus. He later became its third superior general. He was canonized on 20 June 1670 by Pope Clement X.

Saint Francis Borgia SJ
Painting by Alonso Cano, 1624
Duke of Gandía Confessor Priest
Born	28 October 1510 Duchy of Gandia, Kingdom of Valencia, Spain
Died	30 September 1572 (aged 61) Rome, Papal States
Venerated in	Catholic Church
Beatified	23 November 1624, Madrid, Kingdom of Spain by Pope Urban VIII
Canonized	20 June 1670, Rome by Pope Clement X
Major shrine	Relics translated to the Jesuit church in Madrid, 1901
Feast	30 September 10 October (1688–1969) 3 October (Jesuits)
Attributes	Skull crowned with an emperor's diadem
Patronage	Against earthquakes; Portugal; Gandía; Rota, Marianas

Other websites

Media related to Francis Borgia at Wikimedia Commons

• Tradition in Action - Saint of the Day: St. Francis Borgia
• (in Spanish) Diario Borja - Borgia
• (in Spanish) Borja o Borgia Archived 2019-12-22 at the Wayback Machine
• (in Spanish) Francisco Fernández de Bethencourt - Historia Genealógica y Heráldica Española, Casa Real y Grandes de España, tomo cuarto Archived 2019-04-01 at the Wayback Machine
• (in Spanish) Una rama subsistente del linaje Borja en América española, por Jaime de Salazar y Acha, Académico de Número de la Real Academia Matritense de Heráldica y Genealogía
• (in Spanish) Boletín de la Real Academia Matritense de Heráldica y Genealogía