biography
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Borromeo, St Charles
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pronunciation:
[boromayoh]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1538–84)
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| biography:
| Cardinal and archbishop, born in Arona, N Italy. In 1560, at the age of 22, he was appointed Cardinal of Milan by his uncle, Pope Pius IV. He did much to bring the Council of Trent (1545–63) to a successful conclusion, and had the principal part in drawing up the famous Catechismus romanus (1566). He was renowned for his determined efforts to maintain ecclesiastical discipline and for his poor relief during the famine of 1570 and the plague of 1576. He also introduced the confessional box. In 1578 he founded the community later known as the Oblates of St Ambrose. He was canonized in 1610; feast day 4 November. |
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