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Alessandro Farnese
Italian cardinal and diplomat (1520–1589)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 7 October 1520, 17 October 1520, 5 October 1520
- Died
- 2 March 1589, 4 March 1589
- Place of birth
- Valentano
- Place of death
- Rome
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Alessandro
- Family name
- Farnese
- Father
- Pier Luigi Farnese
- Mother
- Gerolama Orsini
- Child
- Clelia Farnese
- Occupation
- diplomat, Catholic priest
- Position held
- Dean of the College of Cardinals, cardinal-bishop of Ostia, cardinal, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Monreale, bishop of Cahors, Roman Catholic Bishop of Parma, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, apostolic administrator, apostolic administrator, apostolic administrator, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
- Citizenship
- France
- Religion
- Catholic Church, Catholicism
- cause of death
- stroke
- depicted by
- Portrait of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, Entry into Paris of Francis I of France, Emperor Charles V and Cardinal Alessandro Farnese
- described by source
- La letteratura artistica: manuale della fonti della storica dell'arte moderna, The Catholic Encyclopedia
- educated at
- University of Bologna
- family
- House of Farnese
- has works in the collection
- Minneapolis Institute of Art, J. Paul Getty Museum
- languages spoken, written or signed
- Italian
- name
- cardinal Farnèse
- name in native language
- Alexandre Farnèse
- participant in
- 1549–50 papal conclave, April 1555 papal conclave, May 1555 papal conclave, 1559 papal conclave, 1565–66 papal conclave, 1572 papal conclave, 1585 papal conclave
- place of burial
- Church of the Gesù
- significant person
- Pietro Bembo
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