SPAIN, 1972, show cancel, Borgia offering Mass
BRAZIL, 1995, postmark for São Borja, State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

St. Francis Borgia, SJ (1510-1572) was a great grandson of Pope Alexander VI, one-time Duke of Gandia, and the third superior general of the Society of Jesus. He was in charge of the household of the Emperor Charles V. The death of Charles' wife, the Empress Isabella, led directly to Borgia's conversion, and after the death of his own wife he entered the Society. More