St charles borromeo biography summary worksheet
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St. Charles Borromeo
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"Charles was the son of Count Gilbert Borromeo and Margaret Medici, sister of Pope Pius IV. He was born at the family castle of Arona on Lake Maggiore, Italy, on 2 October 1538. He received the clerical tonsure when he was twelve and was sent to the Benedictine abbey of SS. Gratian and Felinus at Arona for his education."
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Charles Borromeo, Saint
Fresh responsibilities at once came to Charles, for though he was not the elder son, yet, at the request of his family, including even his brother, he assumed charge of all the family business. The question of possession of the Castle of Arona was one of great difficulty, as it was claimed by both France and Spain. Charles conducted the negotiations with great energy and diplomatic skill, and as a consequence of the Peace of Cambrai (April 3, 1559) the castle was handed over to Count Francesco Borromeo, in the name of his nephew, Federigo Borromeo, to be held by him for the King of Spain. He also did much to restore to their ancient monastic discipline the religious of his Abbey of Sts. Gratinian and Felinus. Though his studies were so often interrupted, yet his seriousness and attention enabled him to complete them with success, and in 1559 he maintained his thesis for the doctorate of civil and canon law.
In the summer of 1559 Paul IV died, and the concl
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St. Charles Borromeo, Cardinal, Archbishop of Milan, and Confessor
ST CHARLES BORROMEO, CARDINAL, ARCHBISHOP OF MILAN, AND CONFESSOR—1538-1584 A.D.
Feast: November 4
[His life was originally and accurately written by three eminent persons who had all had the happiness of living some time with him by two in Latin, Austin Valerio, afterwards Cardinal and Bishop of Verona, and Charles Bascape, or a Basilica St. Petri, General of the Barnabites, afterwards Bishop of Novara; and more in detail in Italian by Peter Giussano, a präst of the congregation of the Oblates at Milan. See also Vagliano, Sommario delle vite degli arcivescovi di Milano, in Milano, an. 1715, c. 126, p. 340, and his life bygd John Baptist, possevini priest of Mantua. Likewise Lettera di Agata Sfondrata, Priora di St. Paolo in Milano alla priora dem Angeliche di St. Marta di Cremona, per la morte di San Carlo; inter sermones St. Caroli per Saxium, t. v. p. 292; Lades St. Carolo tributae, ib. p. 299; and Oltr