Alessandro Cardinal Farnese (Jr.) †

Deceased

Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso

Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica}

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Oct 1520		Born
1 Nov 1534	14.0	Appointed	Bishop of Parma, Italy
18 Dec 1534	14.1	Elevated to Cardinal
18 Dec 1534	14.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Angelo in Pescheria
30 Jul 1535	14.8	Appointed	Administrator of Jaén, Spain
13 Aug 1535	14.8	Appointed	Administrator of Avignon, France
13 Aug 1535	14.8	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of San Lorenzo in Damaso
15 May 1536	15.6	Appointed	Administrator of Monreale, Italy
1537	16.2	Appointed	Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
17 Jun 1537	16.6	Appointed	Administrator of Bitonto, Italy
6 Jul 1537	16.7	Resigned	Administrator of Jaén, Spain
8 Jan 1538	17.2	Resigned	Administrator of Bitonto, Italy
12 Aug 1538	17.8	Appointed	Administrator of Ancona e Numana, Italy
15 Nov 1538	18.1	Appointed	Administrator of Massa Marittima, Italy
27 Aug 1539	18.8	Appointed	Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
16 Jul 1540	19.7	Appointed	Administrator of Cavaillon, France
20 Jul 1541	20.7	Resigned	Administrator of Cavaillon, France
1543	22.2	Appointed	Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica}
1544²	23.2	Appointed	Administrator of Bitonto, Italy
27 Oct 1544	24.0	Resigned	Administrator of Bitonto, Italy
22 Apr 1547	26.5	Appointed	Administrator of Viseu, Portugal
1550¹	29.2	Resigned	Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
15 Jun 1551	30.6	Resigned	Administrator of Avignon, France
27 Jun 1552	31.7	Resigned	Administrator of Viseu, Portugal
28 Apr 1553	32.5	Appointed	Administrator of Tours, France
25 Jun 1554	33.7	Appointed	Administrator of Viviers (Aps), France
12 Nov 1554	34.0	Appointed	Bishop of Cahors, France
12 Nov 1554	34.0	Resigned	Administrator of Viviers (Aps), France
1555²	34.2	Appointed	Administrator of Spoleto, Italy
22 Nov 1556	36.1	Appointed	Administrator of Benevento, Italy
7 May 1557⁶	36.5	Resigned	Bishop of Cahors, France
14 Jan 1558	37.2	Resigned	Administrator of Benevento, Italy
1560²	39.2	Appointed	Administrator of Avignon, France
16 Dec 1562	42.1	Resigned	Administrator of Spoleto, Italy
14 Apr 1564	43.5	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso
12 May 1564	43.5	Appointed	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
7 Feb 1565	44.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
1566¹	45.2	Resigned	Administrator of Avignon, France
14 Jan 1568	47.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
9 Dec 1573	53.1	Resigned	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
9 Jul 1578	57.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
5 Dec 1580	60.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
24 Feb 1585	64.3	Appointed	Administrator of Ancona e Numana, Italy
1 Jul 1585	64.7	Resigned	Administrator of Ancona e Numana, Italy
2 Mar 1589	68.4	Died	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain ; ² Month Uncertain ; ⁶ Before

MicroData Summary
Alessandro Farnese (Jr.)
Alessandro Cardinal Farnese (Jr.)
(born 7 Oct 1520, died 2 Mar 1589)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Consistory - 1534: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1549/1550: Participated
Conclave - April 1555: Participated
Conclave - May 1555: Participated
Conclave - 1559: Participated
Conclave - 1565/1566: Participated
Conclave - 1572: Participated
Conclave - 1585: Participated; Dean

Event Place
Birth Place Castello Valentino, Valentino, Diocese of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
Death Place Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original) Gesù, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a cardinal for 54.2 years

Principal Consecrator of:
Giulio Cardinal della Rovere † (1566)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Castello Valentino, Valentino, Diocese of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
Death Place	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original)	Gesù, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/1841
VIAF: 57408901
WikiData: Q248459

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 18 Dec 1534
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 270, and Page 250
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 127, and Page 303
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 237, and Page 210
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 108, and Page 132
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 138, and Page 161
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 160, and Page 336
b: Episcopologio Español, Volume 1,500, Page 75, Number 446
b: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1564, Number 8*

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