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Adda, Ferdinando D'

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ADDA, FERDINANDO d'. - Cardinal, b. in Milan in 1649, d. in Rome in 1719. As nuncio he worked hard at the court of King James II of England to bring about the return of that nation to Catholicism (1665-88). A cardinal from 1690, he was legate of Ferrara and prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Rites. At his death he left his property to Propaganda Fide. He was buried in Rome, at S. Carlo al Corso.

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BIBL.: Arch. Segr. Vat.: Nunziatura d'Inghilterra, XIII and XVI; Legazione di Ferrara, di Bologna and passim; Pastor, XIV, II, pp. 167-426, passim.

Pio Pecchiai.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), col. 290.

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Pecchiai, Pio. “Adda, ferdinando d'.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 290. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/adda-ferdinando-d.

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Pecchiai, Pio. “Adda, ferdinando d'.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 290. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/adda-ferdinando-d.

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  author    = {Pecchiai, Pio},
  title     = {Adda, ferdinando d'},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {I},
  pages     = {290},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1948},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/adda-ferdinando-d}
}

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