page_title: Pedro Luis de Borja Lanzol de Romaní
section_title: Cardinal and bishop
hierarchical_section_title: Pedro Luis de Borja Lanzol de Romaní / Cardinal and bishop
caption_attribution_description: English: Alabaster Windows in the Cathedral of València, Spain. Deutsch: Alabaster-Fenster in der Kuppel der Kathedrale von València (Spanien).
context_page_description: Pedro Luis de Borja Lanzol de Romaní, O.S.Io.Hieros. was a Roman Catholic cardinal and cardinal-nephew and papal military leader. He received a wide variety of sinecures during the papacy of his great-uncle, Pope Alexander VI, but was exiled to Naples on the election of Borja rival Pope Julius II. Borja also fought with the Knights Hospitaller in Jerusalem and Rhodes.
context_section_description: On 20 March 1500 his grand uncle Pope Alexander VI created him cardinal deacon in pectore; Borja's cardinalate was published during another consistory on 28 September 1500 and he was formally given the Red Hat on 2 October 1500; effective from 5 October 1500 his deaconry was S. Maria in Via Lata.
  While already a cardinal, Borja was elected archbishop of Valencia, a post he would hold until his death, on 29 July 1500, succeeding his brother, Juan. Borja would never visit the diocese as archbishop; instead he took possession of it through a procurator, Guillem Ramón de Centelles, on 29 August 1500. There is no evidence that he was ever consecrated, although he received the post of penitentiary major on the condition that he receive priestly ordination, which he did in 1502, assuming the post on 7 December 1503; he would remain penitentiary until his death. After his ordination, he became cardinal priest S. Marcello on 7 December 1503, retaining his deaconry (and its revenues) in commendam.
  Through the influence of his grand uncle, Borja also was given the titles of Governor of Spoleto (10 August 1500), Governor of Bagnoregio, Abbot commendatario of the Cistercian monastery of Valdigna, and of the Benedictine monastery of S. Simpliciano in Milan. Alexander VI's bull creating the University of Valencia on 23 January 1501 is attributed to Borja's influence.
  When Borja reached Rome on 17 June 1501, (through the "Popolo" gate), he was received by his brother Rodrigo, the captain of the Palatine Guard.
caption: The Cathedral of Valencia, which Borja never visited during his tenure as archbishop of Valencia, a post held by a Borja since 1429
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