"Pro salutae animae sua."
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For the salvation of their soul. — As pope, to Cardinal Ximenes on the why he saw no reason to hinder his son Cesare Borgia's renunciation of the Purple (August, 1498), as quoted in The Life of Cesare Borgia (1912) by Rafael Sabatini, Chapter V: The Renunciation of the Purple.
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Pope Alexander VI
Pope Alexander VI [also Alexander Sextus] (born Roderic Llançol i de Borja; 1 January 1431 – 18 August 1503) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 11 August 1492 until his death in 1503.
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