Cardinal-Infante
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The title Cardinal-Infante may refer to any one of the following, each of them both an infante (prince) and a cardinal
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Cardinal (Catholicism)
A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...
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- Infante Jaime of CoimbraInfante Jaime of CoimbraInfante James of Coimbra , also known as James of Coimbra, James of Portugal, James of Lusitania or Jacobus, was the 3rd son of Infante Pedro, Duke of Coimbra, and Isabella of Aragon, Countess of Urgell....
(1433–1459) - Cardinal-Infante Afonso of Portugal (1509–1540)
- Henry of Portugal (1512–1580), Cardinal-King of Portugal (1578–1580)
- Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria (1609–1641), Spanish-born political and military figure
- Luis de Borbón y Farnesio, 13th Count of ChinchónLuis de Borbón y Farnesio, 13th Count of ChinchónLuis Antonio Jaime of Spain , Infante of Spain, Cardinal Deacon of the titular church of Santa Maria della Scala in Rome, Archbishop of Toledo and Primate of Spain and 13th Conde de Chinchón, Grandee of Spain First Class, known as the Cardinal-Infante, was a son of Philip V, King of Spain and his...
(1727–1785)
See also
- Cardinal-nephewCardinal-nephewA cardinal-nephew is a cardinal elevated by a Pope who is that cardinal's uncle, or, more generally, his relative. The practice of creating cardinal-nephews originated in the Middle Ages, and reached its apex during the 16th and 17th centuries. The word nepotism originally referred specifically to...
Ranuccio FarneseRanuccio Farnese (Cardinal)Ranuccio Farnese was an Italian prelate, who was Cardinal of Santa Lucia in Messina, Sicily from 1545 to his death in 1565....
, referred to as cardinalino ("small cardinal") due to his young age at appointment - Crown cardinal, the overall practice of creating cardinals from European royalty
- Cardinal protectorCardinal protectorSince the thirteenth century it has been customary at Rome to confide to some particular Cardinal a special solicitude in the Roman Curia for the interests of a given religious order or institute, confraternity, church, college, city, nation etcetera. Such a person is known as a Cardinal Protector...
- Lay cardinalLay cardinalIn the Roman Catholic Church, a "lay cardinal" was a cardinal who had never been given major orders, i.e. who had never been ordained a deacon, priest, or bishop....