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Tommaso Badia (1483 – 6 September 1547) was an Italian
Dominican cardinal
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* Cardinal (bird) or Cardinalidae, a family of North and South American birds
**''Cardinalis'', genus of cardinal in the family Cardinalidae
**''Cardinalis cardinalis'', or northern cardinal, the ...
.
Badia was born in
Modena
Modena (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language#Dialects, Modenese, Mòdna ; ett, Mutna; la, Mutina) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern I ...
in 1483. He contributed to the establishment of the
Jesuits
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and was the theological advisor of cardinal
Gasparo Contarini
Gasparo Contarini (16 October 1483 – 24 August 1542) was an Italian diplomat, cardinal and Bishop of Belluno. He was one of the first proponents of the dialogue with Protestants, after the Reformation.
Biography
He was born in Venice, the eldes ...
. Badia was disputant in
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**Worms (electoral district)
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Arts and entertainme ...
1540 and
Regensburg
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1541. He was promoted cardinal by Pope
Paul III
Pope Paul III ( la, Paulus III; it, Paolo III; 29 February 1468 – 10 November 1549), born Alessandro Farnese, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 October 1534 to his death in November 1549.
He came to ...
on 2 June 1542 but did not accept the offer to be
bishop of Urbino
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at the same time. Badia died in
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
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on 6 September 1547.
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1483 births
1547 deaths
Religious leaders from Modena
Italian Dominicans
16th-century Italian cardinals
Dominican cardinals
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