Glory & Corruption of Renaissance Popes

Patronized the Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's rebuild, and Michelangelo's masterpieces. But infamous scandals!

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DYK Pope #AlexanderVI let Ferdinand & Isabella execute their own Inquistion? They drove Muslims & Jews out of Spain, tortured & executed #heretics/#sodomites & seized all their property, then used the $$$ to fund #ChristopherColumbus voyages. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #QueerHistory

"Aut Cesare; Aut Nihil."

⚔️ #OTD in #History 17 August 1498, #CesareBorgia, son of Pope #AlexanderVI, became the first person ever to resign the cardinalate, becoming the condottiero that so inspired #Machiavelli. He was named Duke of Valentinois by King #LouisXII the same day.

"Prepare thyself, O Rome, for great will be thy punishments."

🕯️Girolamo #Savonarola, Florentine friar and prophesying preacher, who organised the famous Bonfire of the Vanities, was burned at the stake #OTD 23 May 1498, after being excommunicated by Borgia Pope #AlexanderVI.