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Cardinal-bishops of Ostia

  • Pope Paul IIIAlessandro Farnese entered the world on the 29th of February 1468 in Canino, Latium. His family background carried a heavy shadow of scandal that followed…
  • Pope Julius IIGiuliano della Rovere was born on the 5th of December 1443 in Albisola, a small coastal town near Savona in the Republic of Genoa, into a noble but…
  • Alessandro Farnese (cardinal)On the 7th of October 1520, a boy named Alessandro Farnese drew his first breath inside the family castle at Valentano. This small town sat in Tuscany, now…