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Ranuccio Farnese (11 August 1530 – 29 October 1565) was an Italian prelate of the Farnese family, who was Cardinal of Santa Lucia in Selci from 1545 to his death in 1565. Son of Pier Luigi Farnese, the illegitimate son of Pope Paul III, Farnese was created Cardinal at the age of 15 by his grandfather the pope: he was nicknamed the cardinalino ("little cardinal") for his young age.
Biography
Ranuccio Farnese was born in Valentano. As a 12-year-old, he was made prior of the Knights of Malta's important property San Giovanni dei Forlani in Venice. He was also administrator of the archdiocese of Naples, and was granted several bishoprics; Farnese was twice the titular Latin Patriarch of Constantinople, from 1546 to 1550 and 1554?-1565. Farnese was patron to Federico Commandino, an important translator of ancient Greek mathematical works.
Farnese's brother, Ottavio Farnese, was Duke of Parma, and his brother Alessandro Farnese was also a cardinal
He is buried in the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran in Rome.
References
- https://web.archive.org/web/20041214144605/http://www.exseminarians.com/rome/Churches/johnlateran.htm (retrieved January 23, 2005)
- Miranda, Salvador. "FARNESE, O.S.Io.Hieros., Ranuccio (1530-1565)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International University. OCLC 53276621.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20050208010329/http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/gg23/gg23-41320.0.html (retrieved January 23, 2005)
External links
- Ranuccio Farnese's tomb
- Farnese family tree Archived 2009-07-19 at the Wayback Machine from about 1390 to 1766.
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- 1530 births
- 1565 deaths
- People from the Province of Viterbo
- House of Farnese
- 16th-century Italian cardinals
- Italian knights
- Cardinal-bishops of Sabina
- Cardinal-nephews
- Major Penitentiaries of the Apostolic Penitentiary
- Latin Patriarchs of Constantinople
- Burials at the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran
- Sons of dukes