Alexander VI died however in 1503: in his place was elected Pius III, Cardinal Piccolomini of Siena, who remained in office less than a month because of an incurable disease. His machinations, however, do not lead to the desired results. Since there is an evident rivalry between the new pontiff, who takes the name of Alexander VI, and the Della Rovere, the latter tries to take refuge in Ostia before going to Genoa and from there to move to Paris, where he leads King Charles VIII to go to the conquest of Naples.Īccompanies, then, the young monarch in the countryside of Lazio (among his other bishoprics there is also that of Velletri), and together with him he enters Rome, supporting the need to convoke a council aimed at investigating the behavior of the pope.
On the death of Innocent VIII, which took place in 1492, Rodrigo Borgia was elected by a secret agreement with Ascanio Sforza, overcoming Giuliano della Rovere's competition. In 1483 he became the father of Felice della Rovere, with the wife of the house butler, Lucrezia Normanni. In 1480 he was sent as a papal legate to France, and here he settled for four years: during this period, he exercised a considerable influence towards the College of Cardinals, especially during the papacy of Innocent VIII. Promoted cardinal of San Pietro in Vincoli, he obtains the archbishopric of Avignon, while in the meantime he holds the bishopric of Catania as apostolic administrator. In 1471 he was appointed bishop of Carpentras, in France, just as his uncle was elected pontiff. Educated among the Franciscans under the protection of his paternal uncle (who will become Pope Sixtus IV), he devoted himself to the study of the sciences in a convent of La Pérouse. Giuliano della Rovere, known as Pope Julius II, was born on 5 December 1443 in Albisola.
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