Carlo Domenico del Carretto (1454– 15 August 1514) was an Italian

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and

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. He was called ''the Cardinal of Finale''.

Biography

He was born to a noble family of

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, the son of Giovanni I Lazzarino,

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of Finale and Noli and Viscontina Adorno, daughter of Barnaba Adorno,

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(1447).

Early life and education

There is no information about his education. He became captain of the papal troops from 1485. Clerk of the Roman Curia until 1489, when he was promoted to episcopacy with the protection of

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Episcopate

Del Carretto was named metropolitan archbishop of Cosenza on April 24, 1489 and named administrator of

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on October 10, 1491 until May 15, 1499. On August 16, 1499 he was named

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of ''Thebae'' (nowadays

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) and

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in 1503.

Cardinalate

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created him

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in the

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on the December 1, 1505 and published on December 12 the same year with the deaconry of Ss Vito e Modesto. He was promoted

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with the title of ''S. Nicola inter Imagines'' (suppressed title since April 13, 1587) on January 4, 1507 and appointed

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to the see of

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on September 16, 1507. Soon, on April 5, 1509, he was transferred to the metropolitan see of

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. Named

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in France, he participated in the

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. In the Consistory held by

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Caretto exercised his option for the title of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere. A month before his death Pope Leo transferred him to the see of

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. Cardinal del Carretto died on August 15, 1514 in

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. He was buried in his titular church, S. Cecilia.

References

External links

*Bernardi, Tiziana.
Del Carretto, Carlo Domenico
, ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani'' Volume 36 (1988), retrieved: 2017-05-08. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Carretto, Carlo Domenico del 1454 births 1514 deaths People from the Province of Savona 16th-century Italian cardinals Archbishops of Reims Archbishops of Tours 16th-century peers of France Apostolic Nuncios to France