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Antoni Carafa (
1538 -
January 13,
1591) was an
Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal.==Biography==
Early years
Antonio Carafa was born in
Naples to
Rinaldo I Carafello Carafa, a local patrician, and Giovanna of the
signori of
Montefalcone. He was a relative of
Pope Paul IV through whose household he gained preferment in the
Roman Curia.
He studied in the
University of Padua and in Naples. He entered the
Roman Curia in
1555 and became a canon of the patriarchal Vatican basilica in
1558.
Pope Pius IV persecuted the family of Carafa and he fled from Rome in
1599.
Pope Pius V rehabilitated the Carafas and Antonio was reappointed to the canonship on
June 1,
1566.
Cardinalate
He was created
cardinal deacon in the
consistory of in the consistory of
March 24,
1568 and was opted for the deaconary of
Sant'Eusebio. He was made Perfect of the Tribunal of the
Apostolic Signature,
January 29,
1569 until his death. Antonio Carafa participated in the
Papal conclave of 1572. He was transferred to the deaconry of
S. Maria in Cosmedin on
April 8,
1573,then to the deaconry of
S. Maria in Via Lata on
November 8,
1577. He was opted for the order of the cardinal priests with the title of
Sant'Eusebio on
December 12,
1583. On
November 28,
1584 he was appointed to the title of
Ss. Giovanni e Paolo. He participated in the
Papal conclave of 1585. After the death of Cardinal
Guglielmo Sirleto he was named
Librarian of the Holy Roman Church on
October 6,
1585.Later he became Prefect of the S.C. of the
Tridentine Council from
1586 until his death. He participated in the two Papal conclaves of 1590.
He died in
Rome in 1591.
==
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