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Noun: Alessandro Farnese
  1. Italian pope from 1534 to 1549 who excommunicated Henry VIII of England in 1538 and initiated the Council of Trent in 1545; was active in the Counter Reformation and promoted the Society of Jesus for this purpose (1468-1549)
    - Paul III

Type of: Bishop of Rome, Catholic Pope, Holy Father, pontiff, pope, Roman Catholic Pope, Vicar of Christ

Encyclopedia: Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma Alessandro Farnese Alessandro Farnese, duke of Parma and Piacenza Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza

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