Pope paul iii biography definition

Pope Paul III Biography

He also called the Council of Trent in 1545.

Born Alessandro Farnese in Carino, in Tuscany, he came through his mother from the Gaetani family, which had also produced Pope Boniface VIII.

He received his instruction at Rome and Florence from distinguished humanists, and became a protonotary at the Curia under Pope Innocent VIII.

From Pope Alexander VI he received rapid promotion, becoming cardinal in 1493. He came near succeeding Pope Leo X and Pope Adrian VI.

Under Pope Clement VII he became cardinal bishop of Portus (Ostia) and dean of the sacred college, and on the death of Clement VII, in 1534, received election as pope.

His first appointment to the cardinalate on Dec.

18, 1534, made it clear that nepotism had come to the front once more; since the red hat fell to his nephews Alessandro Farnese and Ascanio Sforza, aged fourteen