They were second cousins, so in order to marry they needed a papal dispensation. Pope Paul II, an Italian pope opposed to Aragon's influence on the Mediterranean and to the rise of monarchies strong enough to challenge the Pope, refused to grant one, so they falsified a papal bull of their own. Even though the bull is known to be false, it is uncertain who was the material author of the falsification. Some experts point at Carrillo de Acuña, Archbishop of Toledo, and others point at Antonio Veneris. Pope Paul II would remain a bitter enemy of Spain and the monarchy for all his life, and is attributed the quote, "May all Spaniards be cursed by God, schismatics and heretics, the seed of Jews and Moors."