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Federico Borromeo (Italian: [fedeˈriːko borroˈmɛːo]; 18 August 1564 – 21 September 1631) was an Italian cardinal and Archbishop of Milan, a prominent figure of Counter-Reformation in Italy. Federico was a hero of the plague of 1630 , described in Alessandro Manzoni 's historical novel , The Betrothed .
Federico Borromeo è stato un cardinale italiano, arcivescovo di Milano dal 1595.
Borromeo, FEDERICO, Cardinal and Archbishop of Milan, cousin and successor of St. Charles Borromeo, b. at Milan August 18, 1564; d. there, September 22, 1631. He was the son of Giulio Cesare Borromeo and Margherita Trivulzio, members of the Milanese aristocracy.
In Giovanni Battista Crespi. …with the Milanese cardinal, Federigo Borromeo, who became his patron and with whom he returned to Milan, then an important cultural centre and also, under the inspiration of the cardinal’s uncle, Archbishop Charles Borromeo, a centre of fervent spiritual revival in art.
Overview. Federico Borromeo. (1564—1631) Quick Reference. (1564–1631). Cousin of St Carlo Borromeo, and a famous ecclesiastical historian and philosopher. Born in Milan, he studied theology at Pavia, and in 1586 moved to Rome to begin a ... From: Borromeo, Federico in The Oxford Companion to Italian Literature » Subjects: Literature.
Federico Borromeo was an Italian cardinal and Archbishop of Milan, a prominent figure of Counter-Reformation in Italy. Federico was a hero of the plague of 1630, described in Alessandro Manzoni's historical novel, The Betrothed.
Cardinal and Archbishop of Milan, cousin and successor of St. Charles Borromeo, born at Milan 16 August, 1564; died there, 22 September, 1631. He was the son of Giulio Cesare Borromeo and Margherita Trivulzio, members of the Milanese aristocracy.
