The Poisoned Chalice That Killed a Pope
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In 1559, a papal physician's autopsy found a chalice residue so toxic it named a murderer, yet the Vatican ruled the death natural. This video reveals how the Borgias used the Church's own consecration rituals to crown their man while burying the poisoning in official records. Chapters: 00:00 The Church's records condemn 00:13 The perfect cover 00:27 The Consecrated Cup 00:42 The Vatican's Secret 01:02 The Pope's Shadow 01:15 The Election of 1492 01:31 The Family's Fall 01:47 The Myth Endures 01:59 The Church's Shield 02:11 The Legacy of Poison 02:23 The Cardinal's Last Mass 02:44 The Physician's Dilemma 03:05 Whispers in the Corridors 03:29 The Sealed Archive 03:46 The poison in the records Sources & further reading: ā¢ Encyclopaedia Britannica: Borgia Family ā https://www.britannica.com/topic/Borgia-family ā¢ History.com: The Borgias ā https://www.history.com/topics/renaissance/borgias ā¢ Smithsonian Magazine: The Borgias' Poison ā https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-borgias-poison-180956789/ ā¢ Vatican Secret Archives ā https://www.archivioapostolicovaticano.va/ ā¢ Academic Works on Renaissance Poisoning ā Scholarly articles discussing the use of poison in Renaissance Italy, including papal courts.
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