Edoardo Borromeo (3 August 1822 – 30 November 1881) was an Italian
Cardinal
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Animals
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**'' Cardinalis'', genus of cardinal in the family Cardinalidae
**'' Cardinalis cardinalis'', or northern cardinal, t ...
of the
Roman Catholic Church
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. He was
''Maestro di Camera'' to
Pius IX
Pope Pius IX ( it, Pio IX, ''Pio Nono''; born Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti; 13 May 1792 – 7 February 1878) was head of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878, the longest verified papal reign. He was notable for convoking the First Vatican ...
and was Cardinal-Deacon of
Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzio from 1868 to 1878. He was the seventh cardinal to be selected from the
Borromeo family.
References
External links
Catholic hierarchy www.borromeo.it* Salvador Miranda
''The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church: Biographical Dictionary''.
Borromeo Edoardo di Vitaliano e D’Adda, biography from verbanensia.org.
19th-century Italian cardinals
Cardinals created by Pope Pius IX
1822 births
1881 deaths
Edoardo
Edoardo is the Italian form of the English male given name Edward. Notable people named Edoardo include:
* Edoardo Agnelli (industrialist) (1892–1935), Italian industrialist
* Edoardo Alfieri (1913–1998), Italian sculptor
* Edoardo Amaldi (19 ...
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