Pallavicino, SFORZA

Pallavicino, SFORZA, an Italian historian, was born at Rome, 20th November 1607. Having taken priest's orders in 1630, he became in 1638 a member of the Jesuit Society, and was created a cardinal in 1659 by Pope Alexander VII. He died at Rome, 5th June 1667. The best known of his writings is Istoria del Concilio di Trento (Rome, 1656-57), intended as a reply to the equally celebrated and liberal work of Paul Sarpi, whose narrative is not altogether acceptable to Catholics.—FERRANTE PALLAVICINO (1618-44) wrote pasquinades which bitterly offended the papal curia and the Barberini family; and being betrayed into his enemies' hands near Avignon, he was tried, condemned by a foregone conclusion, and beheaded.