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Cardinals
Giuliano della Rovere
Giuliano della Rovere
Cardinal
Dean of the Sacred College
(Played by Dejan Čukić)- Arch-Enemy: Rodrigo's.
- Anti-Villain: He's the Borgias' most notable antagonist but he believes himself to be a much more just and righteous figure.
- Green-Eyed Monster: Hates that Rodrigo won the papacy over him.
- Hypocrite: Despite painting the Borgias as connivers without scruples, he's willing to go to the same lows in order to ruin them.
- Knight Templar: Believes he's on the right side of history when compared to the Borgias.
- Perpetual Frowner: His default expression.
- Precision F-Strike: When he's swearing in Rodrigo as pope while talking in Latin.
Raffaele Riario-Sansoni
Raffaele Riario-Sansoni
Cardinal
(Played by Scott William Winters)- Blue Blood: Has ties to multiple noble families
- Not Even Bothering with the Accent: Played by one of the few actors in the show to stick with his native American accent.
Ascanio Sforza
Ascanio Sforza
Cardinal
(Played by Christian McKay)- Big "WHAT?!": Utters one when Rodrigo orders him arrested.
- Deadpan Snarker:Sforza: Let the word go forth, the throne of Saint Peter can be had for two pieces of marzipan.
Oliviero Carafa
Oliviero Carafa
Cardinal
(Played by Michael Fitzgerald) Giambattista Orsini
Giambattista Orsini
Cardinal
(Played by Miroslav Táborský) Francesco Piccolomini
Francesco Piccolomini
Cardinal
(Played by Predrag Bjelac) Guillaume Briçonnet
Guillaume Briçonnet
Cardinal
(Played by Marc Duret) Giovanni de Medici
Giovanni de Medici
Cardinal
(Played by John Bradley-West)- Break the Cutie: Eventually realizes how depraved the Borgias are and renounces his support for them.
- Naïve Newcomer: He doesn't truly grasp the enormous corruption of the church at the beginning. He eventually wises up.
- Nice Guy: Even nicer than Alessandro.
Alessandro Farnese
Alessandro Farnese
Cardinal
Played by Diarmuid Noyes)Giulia's brother, a cardinal, and an old friend of Cesare's. Father of three sons by his long-time mistress Silvia Ruffini.- Nice Guy: Generally just wants to do his job as cardinal without being roped into the Borgias' schemes.
- Perma-Stubble: Starting in the second season.
- Token Good Teammate: He really is very moral most of the time.
- We Used to Be Friends: He and Cesare were friends when they were classmates in Pisa.
- Wouldn't Hurt a Child: Used in stark contract to Cesare. After Cesare likens himself to Abraham and abandons his firstborn son on a hilltop, Alessandro eventually saves the baby from the elements and returns him to his mother.
Secretaries
Francesc Gacet
Francesc Gacet
(Played by Art Malik)- Badass Bureaucrat: He's Rodrigo's secretary but can still deal some punishment with the best of them.
- The Bus Came Back: Comes back to Rome during Rodrigo's final days.
- The Consigliere: To Rodrigo. The Borgia patriarch confides his deepest thoughts and secrets in Gacet.
