Burials at Milan Cathedral - Francesco I Sforza, Charles Borromeo, Bianca Maria Visconti, Ludovico Sforza, Bernabo Visconti (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Francesco I Sforza, Charles Borromeo, Bianca Maria Visconti, Ludovico Sforza, Bernabo Visconti, Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Giovanni Visconti, Giovanni Colombo, Filippo Maria Visconti, Gian Maria Visconti, Ferrante Gonzaga, Gian Giacomo Medici, Giovanni Battista Caprara, Luigi Nazari di Calabiana, Eugenio Tosi, Andrea Carlo Ferrari, Pierina Legnani, Giuseppe Pozzobonelli, Cesare Monti, Marino Caracciolo, Carlo Gaetano Gaisruck, Ottone Visconti, Gaspare Visconti. Excerpt: Charles Borromeo (Italian: , Latinized as Carolus Borromeus) (2 October 1538 - 3 November 1584) was a saint and cardinal of the Catholic Church. He worked during the Counter-Reformation and was responsible for significant reforms in the Catholic Church, including the founding of seminaries for the education of priests. Borromeo was the nephew of Pope Pius IV. Along with Anselm of Lucca, he was one of only two cardinal-nephews to have been canonized. The son of Gilberto II Borromeo, conte (count) of Arona, and Margherita de' Medici (sister of Pope Pius IV), Carlo Borromeo was born at the castle of Arona on the shores of Lago Maggiore in northern Italy. The aristocratic Borromeo family's coat of arms included the Borromean rings, sometimes taken to symbolize the Holy Trinity. When Borromeo was about twelve years old, his uncle Giulio Cesare Borromeo, resigned to him an abbacy (the office and dignity of an abbot). Borromeo applied the revenue from this position in charity to the poor. He studied the civil and canon law at Pavia. In 1554 his father died, and although he had an elder brother, Count Federigo, he was requested by the family to take the management of their domestic affairs. After a time, he resumed his studies, and in 1559 he took his doctoral degree. In 1560 his uncle, Cardinal Angelo de' Medici, was raised to the po...