In the
Footsteps of the Borgias
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On Friday the 31st
of January Wicher and myself (Henk) left for a long weekend Our main objective was to have a look at the Borgia exposition in the Palazzo Ruspoli. We arrived in the late afternoon and the first thing we did after arrival was to take a walk from our hotel in the vicinity of the Termini railway station to the palazzo, on our way passing the Trevi Fontain amidst hordes of Japanese tourists. It turned out that the
exposition “I Borgia, l’arte Click here for information and photos of
the exposition |
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Church of Santa Maria di
Monserrato Following the footsteps of the
Borgias we visited quite some churches today. The Santo Maria in Montserato,
where we saw the tombs of the 2 Borgia popes. The church is frequented by
Spanish nationals and in honour of
these two Valencians of reknown the City Council of Valencia had the
tombs restored in the Year of the Jubilee 2000. On this occasion the name
tags of Alexander VI and Calixtus III were switched, so they now are each under
the right tomb. The photograph to the right is
from the year 1998, with the names still attaches to the wrong portrait. |
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Vanozza de Catanei’s Epitaph
originally in the at present in the portal
of the D[eo] O[ptimo] M[aximo]
Vanotiae
Cathanei, Caesare Valentiae, Iohanne Gandiae, Iufredo Scyllatii et Lucretia
Ferrariae ducibus filiis nobili Probitate insigni Religione eximia pari et
acetate et prudentiae optime ex xenodochio lateranen. meritae hieronimus
picus fidei commiss. procur. ex test(amento) pos(uit). Vix(it) ann. LXXVI m. IV d.
XIII. Obiit
anno MDXVIiI, XXVI nov. To God, the best and
greatest. To Vanozza Catanei, mother
of Cesare of Valence, John [Juan] of Gandia, Jufredo [Jeffrey] of Squilace,
and Lucretia the Duchess of Ferrara;
conspicuous for her uprightness, her piety, her discretion, and her
intelligence, and deserving much on account of what she did for the Lateran
Hospital. Erected by Hieronymous Picus, fiduciary-commissioner and executor
of her will. She lived 76 years, 4 months and 13 days. She died in the year
1518, November 26th. |
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(To be continued) |