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Sforza di Santa Fiora, Alessandro

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SFORZA DI SANTA FIORA, ALESSANDRO. - Cardinal, b. in 1534, d. at Macerata on 16 May 1581, son of Costanza di Alessandro Farnese (Paul III).

He studied at Perugia, was a canon at St. Peter's and held several abbeys. He took part in the Council of Trent. He was a member of the Apostolic Camera. He was superintendent of the pontifical Annona. Bishop of Parma in 1560, in 1564 he held the Synod there. He was named cardinal in 1565. At the commission of Pius V he presided over the repair of the consular roads in the Papal State, was legate at Bologna and in Romagna (1570) and subsequently for the whole Papal State, except Bologna (1580), to see to the destruction of brigandage. He was prefect of the Segnatura. His appointment to the bishopric of Narni from May to 25 Nov. 1537 is a matter of dispute.

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BIBL.: Moroni, LXIV, Venice 1853, pp. 93, 93-96; Pastor, IX, see index.

Giuseppe Coniglio

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI (1953), col. 476.

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Coniglio, Giuseppe. “Sforza di Santa Fiora, alessandro.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, col. 476. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/sforza-di-santa-fiora-alessandro.

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Coniglio, Giuseppe. “Sforza di Santa Fiora, alessandro.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 476. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/sforza-di-santa-fiora-alessandro.

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  author    = {Coniglio, Giuseppe},
  title     = {Sforza di Santa Fiora, alessandro},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XI},
  pages     = {476},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/sforza-di-santa-fiora-alessandro}
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