Word: calahorra
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Like Cesare himself, whose violent life came to a violent end at 32, the tomb was not long for this world. In 1527, a touring bishop of Calahorra. whose family had long been persecuted by Rome's ruthless Borgias, caught sight of it and howled at the outrage of such a sinner as Cesare being buried in church ground. The sarcophagus was demolished forthwith. The remains of Cesare Borgia, illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI and himself a cardinal at 18, an accomplished murderer at 25, and military conqueror of a good part of Italy at 27, were carried...
...last week as the villagers of Viana lined the streets, the casket bearing all that remained of Cesare Borgia was carried at last from the town hall and laid to rest once again in Santa Maria Church, with the full blessing of the see of Calahorra. In Viana it was felt that everyone would sleep better from...
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