Editing Pope Callixtus III (section)

==Episcopate and cardinalate==
[[File:BORJA ALFONSO.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Cardinal Borgia]]
Borgia was appointed [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Valencia in Spain|Bishop of Valencia]] by [[Pope Martin V]] on 20 August 1429 and was [[episcopal consecration|consecrated]] on 31 August 1429. He authorized Pedro Llorens to take possession of the see in his name.<ref name=MacCaffrey>{{cite web| url = http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03187a.htm| title = MacCaffrey, James. "Pope Callistus III." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. 24 Jul. 2014}}</ref> Borgia also tutored Alfonso V's illegitimate son [[Ferdinand I of Naples|Ferrante]].

[[Pope Eugene IV]] elevated him to the [[cardinalate]] on 2 May 1444 after he managed to reconcile the pope and King Alfonso V of Aragon. He was elevated as the [[Santi Quattro Coronati|Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati]]. He took up his official residence in [[Rome]] and was a member of the [[Roman Curia]]. He participated in the [[Papal conclave, 1447|papal conclave of 1447]] that saw the election of [[Pope Nicholas V]]. He was known for an austere and charitable life.

Borgia's [[coat of arms]] after he was consecrated featured a grazing ox. As pope it remained the same.