X-Nico

unusual facts about Archbishop of Milan



Gollub War

A new, but futile, round of negotiations started in May 1419 in Gniewków with papal legate Bartholomew Capri, archbishop of Milan, as mediator.

Papal conclave, 1922

It took fourteen ballots for Achille Ratti, the Archbishop of Milan, to reach the two-thirds majority needed for election, and was subsequently installed as Pope Pius XI.

Satyrus of Milan

Appointed prefect to one of the Roman provinces, he resigned his post when Ambrose became Archbishop of Milan in order to assume administration of the secular affairs of the archdiocese.


see also

Andrea Ferrari

Andrea Carlo Ferrari (1850–1921), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Milan from 1894 to his death

Ascona

After negotiations with Charles Borromeo, the Archbishop of Milan and representatives of Pope Gregory XIII, it was decided to sell the originally planned Casa Papio and to build the Collegio Papio college next to the Church of S. Maria della Misericordia.

Benedetto Erba Odescalchi

As Archbishop of Milan he focused on pastoral activities, taking as examples Saint Charles Borromeo and Pope Innocent XI.

Cardinal Borromeo

Federico Borromeo (1564–1631), also cardinal from 1587, and archbishop of Milan from 1595, important patron of art

Saint Charles Borromeo (1538–1584), cardinal archbishop of Milan from 1564 to 1584, important person in the church

Carlo Caccia Dominioni

Soon after the death of archbishop Romilli the Austrian Empire was defeated in the Second Italian War of Independence and the new Italian government refused to recognize Ballerini as archbishop of Milan, so Caccia Dominioni was forced to assume the duty of archbishop of Milan.