His uncle Alfonso de Borgia, bishop of Valencia, guided his nephew’s education and saw to it that while still in his teens, Rodrigo was endowed with ecclesiastical benefices (ecclesiastical offices with revenue attached).
في الـ‍ ١٨ من عمره ،‏ انتقل رودريڠو ،‏ تحت اشراف ألفونسو الذي اصبح آنذاك كردينالا ،‏ الى روما حيث درس الحقوق .‏