Saint Francis Borgia

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Saint Francis Borgia was a 16th-century Spanish nobleman who renounced his titles to become a Jesuit priest and later the third Superior General of the Society of Jesus, renowned for his piety and role in the Counter-Reformation.

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Francis Borgia 4
Saint Francis Borgia canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic saint ⓘ
Jesuit ⓘ
Spanish nobleman ⓘ
Superior General of the Society of Jesus ⓘ
human ⓘ
beatifiedBy Pope Urban VIII ⓘ
birthName Francisco de Borja ⓘ
burialPlace Church of the Gesù ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
canonizationStatus canonized saint ⓘ
canonizedBy Pope Clement X ⓘ
countryOfBirth Spain ⓘ
dateOfBeatification 1624-11-23 ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1510-10-28 ⓘ
dateOfCanonization 1670-06-20 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1572-09-30 ⓘ
employer Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Empress Isabella of Portugal ⓘ
endTime 1572 (as Superior General) ⓘ
father Juan de Borja y Enríquez de Luna ⓘ
feastDay October 10 ⓘ
fullName Francisco de Borja y Aragón ⓘ
givenName Francis ⓘ
house House of Borgia ⓘ
memberOf Society of Jesus ⓘ
mother Juana de Aragón y Gurrea ⓘ
movement Counter-Reformation ⓘ
nobleTitle 4th Duke of Gandía ⓘ
Grandee of Spain ⓘ
Marquess of Lombay ⓘ
notableFor leadership in the early Jesuit order ⓘ
personal piety and asceticism ⓘ
renouncing his titles to enter the Society of Jesus ⓘ
role in the Catholic Counter-Reformation ⓘ
notableWork expansion of Jesuit missions ⓘ
reform of the Society of Jesus ⓘ
numberOfChildren 8 ⓘ
occupation courtier ⓘ
missionary ⓘ
priest ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
placeOfBirth Crown of Aragon ⓘ
Gandía ⓘ
linked to: Gandia

Kingdom of Valencia ⓘ
placeOfDeath Papal States ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
positionHeld 3rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Eleanor de Castro Mello e Menezes ⓘ
startTime 1565 (as Superior General) ⓘ
veneratedIn Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pope Clement X → honoredSaint → Saint Francis Borgia ⓘ
Misión San Francisco de Borja Adac → namedAfter → Saint Francis Borgia ⓘ
Church of San Francesco Borgia, Catania → namedAfter → Francis Borgia ⓘ
linked to: Saint Francis Borgia
San Francisco de Borja → alsoKnownAs → Saint Francis Borgia ⓘ
San Francisco de Borja → alsoKnownAs → Francis Borgia ⓘ
linked to: Saint Francis Borgia
House of Borja → member → Francis Borgia ⓘ
linked to: Saint Francis Borgia
Borja family → member → Francis Borgia ⓘ
linked to: Saint Francis Borgia