Alfonso Gesualdo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Catholic cardinal
Date of Birth: 20-Oct-1540
Place of Birth: Calitri, Campania, Italy
Date of Death: 14-Feb-1603
Profession: Catholic priest
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Alfonso Gesualdo
- Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza (20 October 1540–14 February 1603) was an Italian Cardinal starting in 1561.
- He was from Naples.
- His attendance at the papal conclave of 1565-1566 at the age of only 25 makes him one of the youngest Cardinals ever to participate in a papal election.He was Archbishop of Conza in 1564, Bishop of Albano in 1583, Bishop of Frascati in 1587, Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina in 1589, Bishop of Ostia in 1591, and Archbishop of Naples in 1596. He was a patron of Sant'Andrea della Valle in Rome, the mother church of the Theatine Order.
- The composer Carlo Gesualdo was his nephew.
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