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House of Carafa

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The House of Carafa is a noble Neapolitan family of Italian nobles, clergy, and men of arts, known from the 12th century. [1]

45 relations: Alfonso Carafa, Andria, Angevin Empire, Antonio Carafa, Antonio Caraffa, Carlo Carafa, Carlo Gesualdo, Catholic Church, Clergy, Conza della Campania, Dean of the College of Cardinals, Decio Carafa, Diomede Carafa, Domenico Carafa della Spina di Traetto, Ettore Carafa, Fabrizio Carafa (bishop), Francesco Carafa di Trajetto, Francesco Maria Carafa, Gianvincenzo Carafa, Giovanni Carafa, Duke of Paliano, Girolamo Caraffa, Grand Master (order), Gregorio Carafa, House of Trastámara, Italy, Knights Hospitaller, List of viceroys of Aragon, List of viceroys of Navarre, Masaniello, Michele Carafa, Naples, Nobility of Italy, Oliviero Carafa, Order of the Golden Fleece, Pier Luigi Carafa, Pierluigi Carafa, Pope Innocent XII, Pope Paul IV, Pope Pius IV, Province of Salerno, Roman Catholic Diocese of Bitonto, Superior General of the Society of Jesus, Tor di Nona, Venosa, Vincenzo Carafa.

Alfonso Carafa

Alfonso Carafa (16 July 1540 - 29 August 1565) was a member of one of the oldest noble families of Naples and a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Andria

Andria is a city and comune in Apulia (southern Italy).

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Angevin Empire

The Angevin Empire (L'Empire Plantagenêt) is a collective exonym referring to the possessions of the Angevin kings of England, who also held lands in France, during the 12th and 13th centuries.

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Antonio Carafa

Antonio Carafa (1538 – January 13, 1591) was an Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal from the House of Carafa.

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Antonio Caraffa

Antonio von Caraffa (1646 – 6 March 1693) was a General Commissary (Generalkriegskommissär) of the Imperial-Habsburg Army—the highest rank in the Austrian military hierarchy at the time.

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Carlo Carafa

Carlo Carafa (29 March 1517 - 6 March 1561) of a distinguished family of Naples, vicious and talented was successively condottiero in the service of France and of Spain, vying for their protectorates in Italy until 1555, when he was made a cardinal, to 1559 the all-powerful favourite and Cardinal Nephew of Pope Paul IV Carafa, whose policies he directed and whom he served as papal legate in Paris, Venice and Brussels.

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Carlo Gesualdo

Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa (8 March 1566 – 8 September 1613) was Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Clergy

Clergy are some of the main and important formal leaders within certain religions.

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Conza della Campania

Conza della Campania (or Conza di Campania; formerly called Compsa, commonly known as Conza (Campanian: Cònze)) is a comune (municipality) and former Latin Catholic (arch)bishopric in the province of Avellino in the region of Campania in southern Italy.

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Dean of the College of Cardinals

The Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals (Decanus Sacri Collegii) is the dean (president) of the College of Cardinals in the Roman Catholic Church.

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Decio Carafa

Decio Carafa (1556–1626) was an Archbishop of Naples who had previously served as papal nuncio to the Spanish Netherlands (1606–1607) and to Habsburg Spain (1607–1611).

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Diomede Carafa

Diomede Carafa (1492–1560) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.

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Domenico Carafa della Spina di Traetto

Domenico Carafa della Spina di Traetto (12 July 1805 – 17 June 1879) was a Catholic Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento and Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals.

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Ettore Carafa

Ettore Carafa d'Andria, the Count of Ruvo (10 August 1767 in Andria – 4 September 1799 in Naples) was an Italian soldier and republican patriot, executed after the fall of the Parthenopean Republic.

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Fabrizio Carafa (bishop)

Fabrizio Carafa (1588 – March, 1651) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Bitonto (1622–1651).

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Francesco Carafa di Trajetto

Francesco Carafa di Trajetto (29 April 1722, Naples - 20 September 1818, Rome) was an Italian cardinal.

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Francesco Maria Carafa

Francesco Maria Carafa. Francesco Maria Carafa (died 1642) was an Italian nobleman, 5th Duke of Nocera, a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece and was viceroy of Aragon and Navarre and a military commander who commanded troops loyal to King Philip IV of Spain.

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Gianvincenzo Carafa

Gianvincenzo Carafa (1477–1541) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.

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Giovanni Carafa, Duke of Paliano

Giovanni Carafa (died 5 March 1561), Duke of Paliano, was a papal nephew and minor Italian prince.

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Girolamo Caraffa

Girolamo Caraffa (or Carafa), Marquis of Montenegro (Abruzzo, 1564 – Genoa, 1633) was a general in Spanish and Imperial service from Italian descent.

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Grand Master (order)

Grand Master (Magister generalis; Großmeister) is a title of the supreme head of various orders, including chivalric orders such as military orders and dynastic orders of knighthood.

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Gregorio Carafa

Fra Gregorio Carafa (17 March 1615 – 21 July 1690) was a nobleman from the House of Carafa and the 62nd Prince and Grand Master of the Order of Saint John from 1680 to his death in 1690.

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House of Trastámara

The House of Trastámara was a dynasty of kings in Spain, which first governed in Castile beginning in 1369 before expanding its rule into Aragon, Navarre and Naples.

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Italy

Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Knights Hospitaller

The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (Ordo Fratrum Hospitalis Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani), also known as the Order of Saint John, Order of Hospitallers, Knights Hospitaller, Knights Hospitalier or Hospitallers, was a medieval Catholic military order.

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List of viceroys of Aragon

This is a list of viceroys (or lieutenants) of the Kingdom of Aragon.

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List of viceroys of Navarre

This is a list of Spanish Viceroys of Navarre from 1512 to 1840, when the function was abolished.

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Masaniello

Masaniello (an abbreviation of Tommaso Aniello; 1622 – 16 July 1647) was an Italian fisherman who became leader of the revolt against the rule of Habsburg Spain in Naples in 1647.

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Michele Carafa

Michele Enrico Carafa di Colobrano (17 November 1787 – 26 July 1872) was an Italian opera composer.

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Naples

Naples (Napoli, Napule or; Neapolis; lit) is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest municipality in Italy after Rome and Milan.

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Nobility of Italy

The Nobility of Italy (Nobiltà italiana) comprises individuals and their families of the Italian peninsula, and the islands linked with it, recognized by sovereigns, such as the Holy Roman Emperor, the Holy See, the Kings of Italy, and certain other Italian kings and sovereigns, as members of a class of persons officially enjoying hereditary privileges which distinguished them from other persons and families.

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Oliviero Carafa

Oliviero Carafa (10 March 1430 – 20 January 1511), in Latin: Oliverius Carafa, was an Italian cardinal and diplomat of the Renaissance.

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Order of the Golden Fleece

The Order of the Golden Fleece (Orden del Toisón de Oro, Orden vom Goldenen Vlies) is a Roman Catholic order of chivalry founded in Bruges by the Burgundian duke Philip the Good in 1430, to celebrate his marriage to the Portuguese princess Isabella.

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Pier Luigi Carafa

Pier Luigi Carafa (Senior) (18 July 1581, Naples, Italy – 15 February 1655, Rome, during the conclave) was a cardinal of the Catholic Church, and a member of the Roman Curia.

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Pierluigi Carafa

Pierluigi Carafa, Junior (4 July 1677 – 15 December 1755) (sometimes spelled as Caraffa) was an Italian cardinal from the famous Neapolitan family of Italian nobles, clergy, and men of arts.

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Pope Innocent XII

Pope Innocent XII (Innocentius XII; 13 March 1615 – 27 September 1700), born Antonio Pignatelli, was Pope from 12 July 1691 to his death in 1700.

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Pope Paul IV

Pope Paul IV, C.R. (Paulus IV; 28 June 1476 – 18 August 1559), born Gian Pietro Carafa, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 23 May 1555 to his death in 1559.

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Pope Pius IV

Pope Pius IV (31 March 1499 – 9 December 1565), born Giovanni Angelo Medici, was Pope from 25 December 1559 to his death in 1565.

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Province of Salerno

The Province of Salerno (provincia di Salerno; Campanian: pruvincia 'e Salierno) is a province in the Campania region of Italy.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Bitonto

The Italian Catholic diocese of Bitonto, in Apulia, had a short independent existence from 1982 to 1986.

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Superior General of the Society of Jesus

The Superior General of the Society of Jesus is the official title of the leader of the Society of Jesus – the Roman Catholic religious order which is also known as the Jesuits.

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Tor di Nona

The Tor di Nona is a neighborhood in Rome's rione Ponte.

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Venosa

Venosa (Lucano: Venòse) is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the southern Italian region of Basilicata, in the Vulture area.

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Vincenzo Carafa

Very Rev.

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Bartolomeo Carafa, Carafa, Giovanni, Giovanni Carafa, Giovanni Carafa (disambiguation), Giovanni caraffa, House of Carafa (disambiguation).

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Carafa

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