Christian feast day: Francis Borgia

Francis Borgia

Grandee of Spain and Jesuit priest (1510–1572)

Francis Borgia was a Spanish Jesuit priest. 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 renounced his titles and became a priest in the Society of Jesus, later…