Filippo Carafa della Serra
Cardinal Filippo Carafa della Serra | |
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Personal | |
Born | c. 1340 Naples |
Died | 22 May 1389 Bologna | (aged 48–49)
Cause of death | Plague |
Resting place | Bologna Cathedral |
Religion | Catholic Church |
Home town | Naples |
Lineage | Carafa family |
Alma mater | University of Bologna |
Senior posting | |
Ordination | 18 September 1378 |
Post | Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti |
Filippo Carafa della Serra (died 22 May 1389) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.[1]
He was made a Cardinal on 18 September 1378 by Pope Urban VI.[2] He was then archdeacon of Bologna.
Filippo Carafa della Serra was a member of a family which worked for the Catholic Church in many roles over centuries. Other cardinals in the same family are Oliviero Carafa (created 1467), Carlo Carafa (1555); Diomede Carafa (1555), Alfonso Carafa (1557), Antonio Carafa (1568), Decio Carafa (1611), Pier Luigi Carafa (1645), Carlo Carafa della Spina (1664), Fortunato Ilario Carafa della Spina (1686), Pierluigi Carafa (1728), Francesco Carafa di Trajetto (1773), Marino Carafa di Belvedere (1801), and Domenico Carafa della Spina di Traetto (1844).
References
[edit]- ^ "Filippo Carafa - di Napoli - Cardinale 1378-1389". www.chiesabarbarolo.it.
- ^ "CARAFA, Filippo in "Dizionario Biografico"". www.treccani.it.