Type: | Cardinal |
Alessandro Caprarra | |
Church: | Roman Catholic |
See: | Title of Santi Nereo e Achilleo |
Term Start: | 26 June 1706 |
Term End: | 9 June 1711 |
Predecessor: | Leandro Colloredo |
Successor: | Benedetto Odescalchi-Erba |
Cardinal: | 26 June 1706 |
Created Cardinal By: | Pope Clement XI |
Rank: | Cardinal-Priest |
Birth Date: | 17 September 1626 |
Birth Place: | Bologna |
Death Place: | Rome |
Buried: | Church of Santa Maria del Suffragio |
Nationality: | French |
Religion: | Roman Catholic |
Parents: | Massimo degl'Anziani and Caterina Bentivoglio |
Alessandro Caprara (17 September 1626, in Bologna – 9 June 1711, in Rome) was an Italian cardinal.
Cardinal Caprara was born in Bologna on 17 September 1626. He was the eldest of the seven children of Massimo degl'Anziani and Caterina Bentivoglio.
Pope Clement XI created him a cardinal priest on 17 June 1706. He received the red hat and the title Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo.
He died on 9 June 1711 at the age of 85; at his death he was the oldest member of the College of Cardinals.
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