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Alfonso de Borja, Pope Calixto III

Canals, La Costera, Valencia

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Alfonso de Borja, Pope Calixto III

Historical milestone · Canals, La Costera, Valencia

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Alfonso de Borja was born on 31 December 1378 at the Torre de Canals, then a farmstead of the municipal district. A jurist and bishop of Valencia, he was elected pope in 1455 under the name Calixto III and opened the Roman path of the Borja family.

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