Filippo Carafa della Serra explained

Honorific-Prefix:Cardinal
Filippo Carafa della Serra
Native Name Lang:it
Religion:Catholic Church
Lineage:Carafa family
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Alma Mater:University of Bologna
Home Town:Naples
Birth Date:c. 1340
Birth Place:Naples
Death Place:Bologna
Death Cause:Plague
Resting Place:Bologna Cathedral
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Ordination:18 September 1378
Post:Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti

Filippo Carafa della Serra (died 22 May 1389) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.[1]

He was made a Cardinal on 18 September 1378 by Pope Urban VI.[2] He was then archdeacon of Bologna.

Filippo Carafa della Serra was a member of a family which worked for the Catholic Church in many roles over centuries. Other cardinals in the same family are Oliviero Carafa (created 1467), Carlo Carafa (1555); Diomede Carafa (1555), Alfonso Carafa (1557), Antonio Carafa (1568), Decio Carafa (1611), Pier Luigi Carafa (1645), Carlo Carafa della Spina (1664), Fortunato Ilario Carafa della Spina (1686), Pierluigi Carafa (1728), Francesco Carafa di Trajetto (1773), Marino Carafa di Belvedere (1801), and Domenico Carafa della Spina di Traetto (1844).

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Filippo Carafa - di Napoli - Cardinale 1378-1389. www.chiesabarbarolo.it.
  2. Web site: CARAFA, Filippo in "Dizionario Biografico". www.treccani.it.