Francesco Sforza Pallavicino
Italian Catholic cardinal (1607–1667) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Francesco Maria Sforza Pallavicino or Pallavicini (28 November 1607 – 4 June 1667), was an Italian cardinal, philosopher, theologian, literary theorist, and church historian.
Sforza Pallavicino | |
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Diocese | Diocese of Rome |
Appointed | 9 April 1657 |
Term ended | 4 June 1667 |
Orders | |
Created cardinal | 9 April 1657 by Pope Alexander VII |
Rank | Cardinal-Priest of San Salvatore in Lauro |
Personal details | |
Born | (1607-11-28)November 28, 1607 |
Died | 4 June 1667(1667-06-04) (aged 59) Rome |
Buried | Sant'Andrea al Quirinale |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Parents | Alessandro Pallavicino Francesca Sforza di Santa Fiora |
Alma mater | Roman College
Philosophy career |
Education | Roman College (Ph.D., 1625; D.Th. 1628) |
Era | Baroque philosophy |
Region | |
School | Aristotelianism Scholasticism Conceptualism |
Institutions | Roman College |
Doctoral advisor | Juan de Lugo |
Notable students | |
Main interests | Natural philosophy, metaphysics, epistemology, aesthetics |
Coat of arms |
A professor of philosophy and theology at the Roman College and a fixture of important academies such as the Accademia dei Lincei and the Academy of Prince Maurice of Savoy, Pallavicino was the author of several highly influential philosophical and theological treatises (praised among others by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Benedetto Croce and Eugenio Garin) and of a well-known history of the Council of Trent that remained authoritative until the late 19th century.