Category:Saint Charles Borromeo

Native name: Carlo Borromeo Archdiocese: Milan See: Milan Appointed: 12 May 1564 Reign ended: 3 November 1584 Predecessor: Giovanni Angelo de’ Medici Successor: Gaspare Visconti Other posts: Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede Ordination: 4 September 1563 by Federico Cesi Consecration: 7 December 1563 by Giovanni Serbelloni Created Cardinal: 31 January 1560 Rank: Cardinal-Priest Birth name: Count Carlo Borromeo di Arona Born: 2 October 1538 in the Castle of Arona, Duchy of Milan Died: 3 November 1584 (aged 46) in Milan Buried: Milan Cathedral Denomination: Roman Catholic Parents: Gilberto Borromeo, 7th Count of Arona Margherita de' Medici di Marignano Previous post: Administrator of Milan (1560-1564) Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia (1560) Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti (1560-1563) Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti (1563-1564) Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore (1564-1572) Feast day: 4 November Venerated in: Catholic Church Beatified: 12 May 1602 by Pope Paul V Canonized: 1 November 1610 by Pope Paul V Attributes: cord, red cardinal robes Patronage: against ulcers; apple orchards; bishops; catechists; catechumens; colic; intestinal disorders; Lombardy, Italy; Monterey California; seminarians; spiritual directors; spiritual leaders; starch makers; stomach diseases; São Carlos city in Brazil (as the name indicates) Shrines	Milan Cathedral

(born in 1538, died on November 3, 1584, Memorial on November 4)
 * Charles Borromeo was born on October 2, 1538 in the Castle of Arona in Italy. He was the son of Count Gilberto Borromeo and Margherita (of the Medici family). He received the tonsure when he was twelve, and eventually became the titular abbot of SS. Gratinian & Felinus. His uncle was elected pope in December of 1559, and Charles received a summons to Rome on January 3, 1560. Charles was assigned the administrative duties of the papal states, and was created a cardinal on January 31, 1560. Charles was made the Cardinal Protector of the following: the Kingdom of Portugal, Lower Germany, the Catholic cantons of Switzerland, the Franciscans, the Carmelites, the Humiliati, the Canons Regular of the Holy Cross of Coimbra, the Knights of Jerusalem/Malta, and the Portuguese order of the Holy Cross of Christ . He worked strenuously to reassemble the Council of Trent (which had been suspended since 1552), which resumed again on January 18, 1562. After his brother died on November 28, 1562, Charles was the head of his ancestral family and pressure was laid on him to get married, even from his uncle the pope. Charles did not wish to do so, however, and instead chose to be secretly ordained as priest by Cardinal Federigo Cesa at Santa Maria Maggiore on September 4, 1563. He was consecrated a bishop on December 7, 1563, received the pallium on March 23, 1564, and was preconized on May 12. Charles finally received permission from the pope to visit his diocese, departed September 1, 1565, and arrived in Milan on September 23, 1565, becoming the first resident archbishop of Milan in eighty years. He was met with great rejoicing by the populace. The first provincial council met on October 15, 1565, and was finished on November 3, 1565. Charles then went to Trent as a legate on November 6, 1565. His uncle Pope Pius IV died on December 10, 1565. Cardinal Michele Ghislieri was elected pope on January 7, 1566, taking the name Pius V. Charles returned to Milan on April 5, 1566. Charles began his visits of the three Swiss valleys of Levantina, Bregno, and La Riviera. The second diocesan synod was held in August of 1568, and the second provincial council was held in April of 1569. In October of 1569 an attempt was made to take is life by a member of the Humiliati, and led to the suppression of the order by Pope Pius V (Bull dated February 7, 1571). Pope Pius V died on May 1, 1572, and Charles went to attend the conclave, in which Pope Gregory XIII was elected on May 13, 1572. He arrived again in Milan on November 12, 1572, held the third provincial council in April of 1573, and held the fourth diocesan synod in November of 1574. Charles began his journey to Rome on December 8, 1574 on account of the Jubilee Year of 1575. A plague came to Milan in August of 1576, began to abate in 1577, and mostly disappeared by early 1578. Charles held the fifth diocesan synod in 1578, and also made a pilgrimage to Turin in 1578. He set out for Rome in 1582, and left Rome in January of 1583. He visited the cantons of Switzerland again. He left Turin on October 8, 1584 and went to Monte Varallo. The Cardinal of Vercelli summoned him to Arona on October 18, 1584, and Charles returned to Monte Varallo on October 20, 1584. He died on November 3, 1584 in Milan. He was canonized by Pope Paul V on November 1, 1610.