The Papal Navy was the maritime force of the Papal States. Loosely constituted, it was sporadically extant from approximately the Battle of Ostia during the pontificate of Leo IV until the ascension o
The Immacolata Concezione, an armed steam-powered corvette which served as the flagship (and papal yacht) of the mid-to-late 19th-century Papal Navy
San Paolo as HMS Speedy off Leghorn on 21 March 1800
Pope Alexander VI was head of the Catholic Church and leader of the Papal States from 11 August 1492 until his death in 1503.
Portrait attributed to Pedro Berruguete (c. 1495, oil on canvas, Vatican Museums)
Plaque outside the Archbishop's Palace, Valencia. Translation: Alexander VI, 9 July 1492, Pope Innocent VIII, at the request of Cardinal Borja and the Catholic Monarchs, raised the Valencian See to the rank of metropolitan, making Rodrigo of Borja the first Archbishop of Valencia 1492–1503.
Coat of arms of Alexander VI – Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome