Alessandro Caprara

Alessandro Caprara (17 September 1626, in Bologna – 9 June 1711, in Rome) was an Italian cardinal.

Biography

Cardinal Caprara was born in Bologna on 17 September 1626. He was the eldest of the seven children of Massimo degl'Anziani and Caterina Bentivoglio.

He completed his education at the University of Bologna receiving a doctorate in both canon and civil law in 1647, and began his legal career. He was ordained to the priesthood on 12 June 1650 in Rome.

Under Caprara, the young Prospero Lambertini made his legal apprenticeship.

He died on 9 June 1711 at the age of 85; at his death he was the oldest member of the College of Cardinals.

Works

Sanctus Franciscus Xaverius funiculis mire solutus, in Convictorum nobilium Collegii S. Francisci Xaverii Carmina in eiusdem Sancti tutelaris solemnitate, (Bologna, 1640).