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cardinal-nephew

Cardinalis nepos la

Nephew or relative of a pope appointed as a cardinal by him

  • Also called cardinal nephew, nephew

Overview

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Who held it, in order

A sequence of office-holders, not a family genealogy.

  • 4 holders
  • 4 undated

No dates recorded 4

  • Dates unrecorded Charles Borromeo Italian Catholic prelate (1538–1584)
  • Dates unrecorded Julius II pope of the Catholic Church from 1503 to 1513 (1443–1513)
  • Dates unrecorded Paul II pope of the Catholic Church from 1464 to 1471
  • Dates unrecorded Scipione Borghese 17th-century Catholic cardinal (1576-1633)
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