Talk:Alessandro Farnese (cardinal)

Massa
I removed the link to Massa, because I was unable to determine which Massa. At least two towns by that name are or were bishoprics, and notice that the Catholic-Hierarchy page] doesn't list him as bishop of Massa, listing him instead as bishop of Parma &mdash; a much more important place &mdash; earlier in his career, which casts doubt on Massa anyway. Bill 14:43, 22 July 2005 (UTC)


 * It's Massa Marittima, which is not far from the original Farnese family holdings in Southern Tuscany. But, in 1538, he could only be Administrator, since he was not old enough to be consecrated a Bishop.  A new bishop was appointed in 1547, ending his tenure.

Vicedomino (talk) 05:20, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

Weird sentence
The following sentence makes no sense at all: "In 1536 he became Bishop of Monreale, Sicily; after he inherited estate after the murder of his father (1547), in 1552 he founded a Jesuit college there." Was the estate in Monreale? It doesn't seem so. Then why the semi-colon? And where was the estate? Unless it can be clarified (and sourced) it will need to be removed. 86.41.24.84 (talk) 14:19, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

Illegitimate grandson ??
The fact is that he was the son of the illegitimate daughter of Charles V. That did not make him illegitimate. His parents were very publicly and officially married when he was born. Vicedomino (talk) 07:06, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

Candidate for Papacy
Text says, "In 1580, he was an unsuccessful candidate for the papacy." There was no Conclave in 1580. That may account all by itself for him being unsuccessful. Vicedomino (talk) 16:06, 17 October 2015 (UTC)


 * fixed

Catholic Church Titles
It is imperative that the person responsible for the table "Catholic Church Titles" that appears at the end of the article DO SOMETHING to revise the horribly incorrect information. It is impossible for Farnese to have been bishop of half a dozen dioceses or more at the same time--and at a time when he was not even consecrated a bishop. At the very best he would be called "Bishop-Elect", but in most of the cases he was not even that. He was Administrator of the Diocese, the person appointed to take charge of the property of the diocese in the absence of a bishop, like the Camerlengo in the case of the Diocese of Rome during a papal vacancy. No spiritual powers are involved. Vicedomino (talk) 14:57, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Fixed it.