Domenico Carafa della Spina di Traetto [SEP] position held
Domenico Carafa della Spina di Traetto
Domenico Carafa della Spina di Traetto (12 July 1805 – 17 June 1879) was a Catholic Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento and Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals.
Personal life.
Carafa was born in Naples, Italy on 12 July 1805. He was the son of Palatine Prince and Count "Francesco Carafa della Spina", 3rd duke of Traetto, and "Paola Orsini", of the princes of Solofra and the dukes of Gravina.
He was educated at the
. Other cardinals in the family consisted of Filippo Carafa della Serra; Oliviero Carafa; Gianvincenzo Carafa; Carlo Carafa; Diomede Carafa; Alfonso Carafa; Antonio Carafa; Giovanni Pietro Carafa (later Pope Paul IV); Pier Luigi Carafa, Senior; Carlo Carafa della Spina; Fortunato Ilario Carafa della Spina; Francesco Carafa della Spina di Traetto; Marino Carafa di Belvedere; and Domenico Carafa della Spina di Traetto. Also a member of the family was Gregorio Carafa, Grand Master of the Order of St. John.
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