of Giulia Farnese, the young mistress of the Borgia pope, there was talk everywhere.
was because of her brother Alexander was made a cardinal.
Luther included this market as a pamphlet by writing:
"Pope Paul III had a sister who before becoming pope gave to the pope for a lover, earning his appointment as cardinal." Even
Antonio Soriano, Vnenzia ambassador to Rome, heard of the thing and it
wrote to his government: "His promotion to cardinal was not very honest, being processed because of obscene, that is love and familiarity that was Pope Alexander VI with his sister, Mrs. Julia, who was born from that for a long time was called Cardinal Fregnese.
The Secrets of Rome, Corrado Augias, p.30
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