08-18-2007, 11:53 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Fresco fragment revives Papal scandal
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6909589.stm
"Pope Alexander VI, the notorious Borgia Pope from Spain,
discredited the Church by his debauched lifestyle.
He fathered seven children, including Lucrezia and Cesare Borgia,
by at least two mistresses. "
"The painting showed Alexander kneeling in front of the Child
Jesus and the Virgin Mary, whose face, according to documentary
evidence from several contemporary sources, was that of one of
his mistresses, a handsome young Roman noblewoman called
Giulia Farnese. "
Is this the Pope's child shown in the painting?
http://tinyurl.com/2ml47u<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6909589.stm
"Pope Alexander VI, the notorious Borgia Pope from Spain,
discredited the Church by his debauched lifestyle.
He fathered seven children, including Lucrezia and Cesare Borgia,
by at least two mistresses. "
"The painting showed Alexander kneeling in front of the Child
Jesus and the Virgin Mary, whose face, according to documentary
evidence from several contemporary sources, was that of one of
his mistresses, a handsome young Roman noblewoman called
Giulia Farnese. "
Is this the Pope's child shown in the painting?
http://tinyurl.com/2ml47u<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->