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Alessandro Farnese

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Noun1.Alessandro Farnese - Italian pope from 1534 to 1549 who excommunicated Henry VIII of England in 1538 and initiated the Council of Trent in 1545; was active in the Counter Reformation and promoted the Society of Jesus for this purpose (1468-1549)
Paul III
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Villa Farnese, for instance, was built in the second half of the 16th centuryAuthe denouement of the Italian High RenaissanceAuby Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, a grandson of Pope Paul III, who granted the young man lucrative bishoprics all over France and Italy.
Decisions, decisions: French chateau or Italian Villa? by The Star (Amman, Jordan)
Ercole Gonzaga was an intriguing man, a resident bishop who insisted on the maintenance of moral standards by his clergy yet was the father of at least four children, a pluralist and trader in benefices yet a reformer and a "good Catholic" who was a political enemy of Pope Paul III and his grandson Cardinal Alessandro Farnese.
Ruling Peacefully: Cardinal Ercole Gonzaga and Patrician Reform in ... by Gleason, Elisabeth G. / Renaissance Quarterly
A second essay describes the tension between the Jesuits and Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (the imperious patron of Gesu--the Jesuit's most important church in Rome).
The Jesuits And The Arts: 1540-1773 by Internet Bookwatch
 
 
 
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