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San Francisco de Borja=Saint Francis Borgia


How come no movie about the House Borja ever mentions the most illustrious member of the dynasty, St Francis Borgia, third Jesuit General and ancestor of King Juan Carlos?

God is subtle, but He is not malicious. (Albert Einstein)

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It's true that usually the movies about House Borgia doesn't put their attention on Saint Francis, but it just because he was born when Borgia power in Italy was finished and usually they prefer to concentrate about Pope Alexander and his sons...
actually the great and late Manuel Vazquez Montalban chose to finish his novel concerning Borgia family (OR CESAR OR NOTHING) showing us Francisco as a child...
so, if it will ever be a movie about Vazquez Montalban's version we could find the future saint included, though I don't think it's quite possible: Hernandez movie was a flop...and Vazquez Montalban's novels generally isn't considered among his best...it seems the Borgia's history (even quite fascinating is not an eay task...)

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