Everything about Ranuccio Farnese Cardinal totally explained
Ranuccio Farnese (
august 11,
1530 -
october 29,
1565) was an
Italian prelate, who was
Cardinal of Santa Lucia in
Messina,
Sicily from
1545 to his death in 1565.
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. 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 ("small cardinal") for his young age.
He was also administrator of the
archdiocese of
Naples, and was granted several
bishoprics. Farnese was
patron to
Federico Commandino, an important translator of
ancient Greek mathematical works.
Farnese's brother,
Ottavio Farnese, was
Duke of Parma.
He is entombed in the
Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano in
Rome.
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