Alfonso Gesualdo

Also known as Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza

Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza became an Italian Cardinal in 1561. He was from Calitri, not far from Naples. His attendance at the papal conclave of 1565-1566, at the age of only 25, makes him one of the youngest Cardinals ever to participate in a papal election.

Occupation: Catholic priest
Position held: Dean of the College of Cardinals, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Conza, protonotary apostolic, Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals
Born: October 20, 1540
Died: February 14, 1603

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Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza (20 October 1540 – 14 February 1603) was an Italian Cardinal starting in 1561. He was from Calitri, not far from Naples. His attendance at the papal conclave of 1565-1566 at the age of only 25 makes him one of the youngest Cardinals ever to participate in a papal election. He was Archbishop of Conza in 1564, Bishop of Albano in 1583, Bishop of Frascati in 1587, Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina in 1589, Bishop of Ostia in 1591, and Archbishop of Naples in 1596. He was a patron of Sant'Andrea della Valle in Rome, the mother church of the Theatine Order. The composer Carlo Gesualdo was his nephew. Episcopal succession

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Also known as Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza

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