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).
Daja i tij, Alfonso de Borxha, peshkop i Valencias, e udhëhoqi nipin për sa i përket arsimimit. Ai u kujdes që Rodrigos t’i jepeshin juridiksione kishtare (poste kishtare që sillnin të ardhura) që kur ky ishte adoleshent.