RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Alessandro Farnese

1520 - 1589

Photo of Alessandro Farnese

Icon of person Alessandro Farnese

Alessandro Farnese (5 October 1520 – 2 March 1589) was an Italian cardinal, diplomat, and a great collector and patron of the arts. Farnese was the grandson of Pope Paul III (who also bore the name Alessandro Farnese), and the son of Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma, who was murdered in 1547. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alessandro Farnese is the 717th most popular religious figure (up from 1,012th in 2019). (up from 707th in 2019)

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Alessandro Farnese by language

Loading...

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Alessandro Farnese ranks 717 out of 3,187. Before him are Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, Evagrius Ponticus, Joseph of Cupertino, Aloysius Stepinac, Ignatios of Constantinople, and Tarasios of Constantinople. After him are Anatolius of Constantinople, Ivo of Kermartin, Ludmila of Bohemia, Theodore Edgar McCarrick, Zayd ibn Ali, and Pelagia.

Most Popular Religious Figures in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1520, Alessandro Farnese ranks 6. Before him are Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Pope Sixtus V, Sigismund II Augustus, Madeleine of Valois, and Barbara Radziwiłł. After him are Vincenzo Galilei, Christophe Plantin, Koca Sinan Pasha, Matthias Flacius, William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, and Thoinot Arbeau. Among people deceased in 1589, Alessandro Farnese ranks 3. Before him are Catherine de' Medici, and Henry III of France. After him are Christophe Plantin, Jacques Clément, Benedict the Moor, Anna Maria of the Palatinate, Johannes Sturm, Jean-Antoine de Baïf, Bernard Palissy, Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Michael Baius.

Others Born in 1520

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1589

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous