Relics

Relics is the sixth episode of season three, and the twenty-fifth episode of the series. It was written by Guy Bert, and directed by Kari Skogland. It will premiere on May 19, 2013.

Plot synopsis
When Cesare lands in northern Italy with a French army, Alexander is furious at what he sees as a challenge to his authority, but reluctantly accedes to Cesare’s plan to destroy the Sforza dynasty, starting with Ludovico, Duke of Milan. Catherina, meanwhile, has come up with a plot of her own: biological warfare. With the help of Rufio she sends a plague-infected cloth, wrapped around a false message of peace, to Alexander. Cesare orders it destroyed unopened, but ambitious new Cardinal Constanzo disobeys and keeps the message for his own purposes, and soon, his household is in the grip of the plague. Concerned about the lack of funds for his Crusade, Alexander imposes punitive taxes on the newly arrived Jewish community. However one clever member of the community, Mattai claims to be able to procure a holy relic, the long lost Spear of Longinus. Cardinals Farnese and Petrucci vie to provide the Pope with the “real” relic, but Mattai gains the Pope’s respect and an unlikely alliance is born.

Appearances
Jeremy Irons as Rodrigo Borgia

François Arnaud as Cesare Borgia

Holliday Grainger as Lucrezia Borgia

Peter Sullivan as Ascanio Sforza

Sean Harris as Micheletto Corella

Gina McKee as Catherina Sforza

Sebastian De Souza as Alfonso of Aragon

Thure Lindhardt as Rufio

Cyron Melville as Alessandro Farnese

Noah Silver as Benito Sforza

Brendan Cowell as King Mattai

Jonah Russell as Cardinal Petrucci

Tom Keller as Gamaliel

Charlie Carrick as Pascal

Edward Hogg as Georges D'Amboise

Prometheus Aleifer as Roberto Orsini

Pilou Asbæk as Paolo Orsini

Leo Bill as Cardinal Costanzo

Athina Papadimitriu as Sobbing Woman

Abraham Belaga as Vitelezzo Vitelli

Matt Devere as Messenger from Liguria

Csaba Vések as Jewish Merchant #1

Árpád Barta as Jewish Merchant #2

Peter Horkay as General

Alexis Latham as Stefano

Bjorn Hlynur Haraldsson as Gian Paolo Baglioni

Joseph Macnab as Prospero Colonna

N/A as Giovanni Borgia

Promo


Sneak peeks
