Borgia (TV Series)

The Blessed Trinity (2013)

John Doman: Rodrigo Borgia

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Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Rodrigo Borgia : These poisons made my soul feel so lofty. Yet in truth they divided my soul from my flesh and my brain!

  [breaking vials] 

  Rodrigo Borgia : The three must rejoin like the Trinity. I will endure. I will renew myself. We are the Vicar of Christ.

• [last lines] 

  Rafaele Riario-Sansoni : [entering]  Holiness. In gratitude for my promotion, and in celebration of your recovery, I present you with this exquisite Crucifix.

  [men bring in a large figure] 

  Rodrigo Borgia : Who did this? Which genius?

  Rafaele Riario-Sansoni : He waits outside.

  Rodrigo Borgia : Bring him to us.

  Francesc Gacet : Buonarroti.

  Rafaele Riario-Sansoni : I present you the artist, Michelangelo Buonarroti, formerly of Florence.

  Rodrigo Borgia : How did you create something so divine?

  Michelangelo Buonarroti : With my hands, Good Father.

  Rodrigo Borgia : Many men work with their hands. Few connect to the eternal.

  Michelangelo Buonarroti : We are so distant from Christ now. In 1500 years He has become an idea alone. I need to know the Jesus who was also flesh. He had a head and a heart, a penis and an arse. His tongue could taste grapes and his teeth could ache. His hands may have felt callous when they caressed another skin. God created the human body, Good Father. We are duty-bound to celebrate such an extraordinary creation.

  Rodrigo Borgia : Yes. Yes. We count on Gracious God, ever old, ever new. You shall design our tomb.