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Saint Charles Borromeo


 

Carlo Borromeo (October 2, 1538 - November 4, 1584), saint and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, son of Ghiberto Borromeo, count of Arona, and Margarita de' Medici, was born at the castle of Arona on Lago Maggiore.

References

  • GP Giussano, Vita di S. Carlo Borromeo (1610, Eng. ed. by HE Manning, London, 1884)
  • A Sala, Documenti circa la vita e la gesta di Borromeo (4 vols., Milan, 1857-1859)
  • Chanoine Silvain, Histoire de St Charles Borrome (Milan, 1884)
  • A Cantono, Un grande riformatore del secolo XVI (Florence, 1904); article Borromus in Herzog-Hauck, Realencyklopädie (Leipzig, 1897).