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Carlo Carafa

Italian cardinal
Person Human Q1041979
Carlo Carafa
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Facts

21 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[15]
Date of birth
April 8, 1517, 1518[7]
Date of death
March 14, 1561
Place of birth
Naples
Place of death
Rome
Country of citizenship
Kingdom of Naples, Papal States[9][10]
Occupation
diplomat, Catholic deacon
Position held
cardinal, apostolic administrator, cardinal-deacon, cardinal-deacon[11][12][13]
Religion or worldview
Catholic Church[14]
Sibling
Antonio Carafa[25]
Cause of death
ligature strangulation[18]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Italian[23]
Different from
Carlo Carafa, Carlo Carafa[24]
Family
House of Carafa[16]
Family name
Carafa[19]
Given name
Carlo[20]
Manner of death
capital punishment[21]
Noble title
count[17]
Participant in
1559 papal conclave[22]
Place of burial
Santa Maria sopra Minerva[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en Carlo Carafa en Carlo Cardinal Carafa ja カルロ・カラファ pt Carlo Caraffa ru Карафа, Карло ru Карло Карафа
🔖 Identifiers · 49
ISNI
0000000356847115
VIAF cluster ID
191651383
Library of Congress Authorities ID
nr94043884
GND ID
124405584
American Academy in Rome ID
10142428
Biblissima authority ID
Diffembach-lès-Hellimer
Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts person ID
6206
CANTIC ID
981058615046306706
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01426418
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11640939
Catholic Hierarchy person ID
carafaca
DDB person (GND) ID
124405584
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De Agostini ID
Carafa,+Carlo+(cardinale)
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
124405584
Digital Scriptorium Catalog item ID
Category:History and events templates
Digital portrait index person (GND) ID
124405584
FAST ID
1811381
Find a Grave memorial ID
205848785
Freebase ID
/m/02wvm8d
Geni profile ID
6000000041946100203
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library ID
person/452338178461
IdRef ID
067302440
IxTheo authority ID
363324607
J9U entity ID
987007499005005171
KBR person ID
14607059
Libraries Australia ID
61539861
NLA Trove people ID
1842471
NUKAT ID
n2008114180
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
person/7C78D239-5618-4766-97D9-4A7BAE63FB58
National Library of Greece ID
162949
National Library of Israel ID (old)
001441641
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:B9AY;=BB
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX5150428
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
109801210
Numista ruling authority ID
11940
PUG authority ID
225103
Parsifal cluster ID
833790
SNAC ARK ID
w67w8vqr
Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts name ID
45594
Swedish Open Cultural Heritage URI
LSH/agents/44886
Symogih.org ID
Actr13556
The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church ID
1555:Carafa
Treccani ID
carlo-carafa
Treccani's Biographical Dictionary of Italian People ID
carlo-carafa
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058615046306706
Vatican Library ID (former scheme)
ADV10142428
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/95340
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJht9y3cTXGdKgpQ37rXh3
Yale LUX ID
person/4d10386b-0527-44d0-8df1-0d90d617ca53

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🔗 Connections
Position held 4
cardinal, apostolic administrator, cardinal-deacon, cardinal-deacon
Country of citizenship 2
Papal States, Kingdom of Naples
Different from 2
Carlo Carafa, Carlo Carafa
← Different from 2
Carlo Carafa, Carlo Carafa
Digital Scriptorium Catalog item ID 1
Category:History and events templates
Family 1
House of Carafa
Given name 1
Carlo
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Italian
Manner of death 1
capital punishment
Noble title 1
count
Occupation 1
diplomat
Participant in 1
1559 papal conclave
Participated in 1
1559 papal conclave
Place of birth 1
Naples
Place of burial 1
Santa Maria sopra Minerva
Place of death 1
Rome
Religion or worldview 1
Catholic Church
Sex or gender 1
male
Sibling 1
Antonio Carafa
Siblings 1
Antonio Carafa
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Summary

Carlo Carafa was born on April 8, 1517[1], in Naples[2]. He died on March 14, 1561[3], in Rome[4]. He worked as a diplomat[5] and Catholic deacon[6].

FAQs

Where was Carlo Carafa born?

Carlo Carafa's place of birth was Naples[2].

Where did Carlo Carafa die?

Carlo Carafa passed away in Rome[4].

What did Carlo Carafa do for work?

Carlo Carafa worked as a diplomat[5] and Catholic deacon[6].

Related Entities

Kingdom of Naples Papal States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [6] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [8] ↑ . Find a Grave. wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [7] ↑ . Sapere Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority ID → Diffembach-lès-Hellimer
    "Created claim: Biblissima authority ID: Q22453, Import ID Biblissima V2 (details)"
  2. 18w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Digital portrait index person (GND) ID → 124405584
    "Created claim: Digital portrait index person (GND) ID: 124405584, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1783130387391"
  3. 20w ago · Hrodulfus · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Family name → Carafa
    "Removed claim: Family name: Carafa"
  4. 20w ago · Hrodulfus · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Family name → Carafa
    "Created claim: Family name: Carafa"
  5. 25w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → diplomat, Catholic deacon
    "Added reference: Position held: cardinal"
  6. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    CERL Thesaurus ID → cnp01426418
    "Removed claim: CERL Thesaurus ID: cnp00476654, batch #257929"
  7. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → diplomat, Catholic deacon
    CERL Thesaurus ID → cnp01426418
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #31699: import P21 and P106 from GND (1)"
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