RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Giulia Farnese

1474 - 1524

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Giulia Farnese (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒuːlja farˈneːze, -eːse]; 1474 – 23 March 1524) was an Italian noblewoman, a mistress to Pope Alexander VI, and the sister of Pope Paul III. Known as Giulia la Bella (Italian for 'Julia the Beautiful'), she was a member of the noble Farnese family, who were prominent leaders in the Italian regions of Parma and Piacenza. After marrying into the noble Orsini family in the Papal States, Farnese soon acquainted herself with, and initiated an affair with, the Spanish Cardinal Rodrigo de Borja. When the cardinal was elected Pope, Farnese continued the increasingly advantageous liaison, which enabled her to have her brother Alessandro made a cardinal, until losing Alexander's favor at the turn of the century. Farnese spent most of her later years governing the castle of Carbognano, previously a property which Alexander had given to her husband. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giulia Farnese is the 707th most popular religious figure (down from 611th in 2019), the 875th most popular biography from Italy (down from 722nd in 2019) and the 262nd most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Giulia Farnese is most famous for being a mistress of Pope Alexander VI.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Giulia Farnese ranks 707 out of 3,187. Before her are Dominique Mamberti, Epiphanius of Salamis, Raymond of Penyafort, Antipope Felix II, Menno Simons, and Louis Raphaël I Sako. After her are Pope Peter I of Alexandria, Ibn Hisham, Je Tsongkhapa, Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, Evagrius Ponticus, and Joseph of Cupertino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1474, Giulia Farnese ranks 5. Before her are Ludovico Ariosto, Giovanni Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandia, Angela Merici, and Isabella d'Este. After her are Juan Diego, Mariotto Albertinelli, Tuman bay II, Frederick of Saxony, Anacaona, Bernhard III, Margrave of Baden-Baden, and Perkin Warbeck. Among people deceased in 1524, Giulia Farnese ranks 4. Before her are Vasco da Gama, Ismail I, and Claude of France. After her are Hans Holbein the Elder, Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, Joachim Patinir, Marko Marulić, Salaì, Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan, Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, and Andrea Solari.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giulia Farnese ranks 875 out of 5,161. Before her are Antipope Felix II (300), Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma (1503), Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749), Cassiodorus (487), Annibale de Gasparis (1819), and Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (1608). After her are Gian Galeazzo Visconti (1351), Phalaris (-700), Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily (1782), Epicharmus of Kos (-524), Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522), and Sebastiano del Piombo (1485).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Giulia Farnese ranks 262. Before her are Peter Lombard (1096), Tarcisius (263), Saint Eustace (10), Scholastica (480), Alexius of Rome (400), and Antipope Felix II (300). After her are Joseph of Cupertino (1603), Silas (1), Angelo Scola (1941), Matteo Zuppi (1955), Juliana of Nicomedia (285), and Gemma Galgani (1878).

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