Pietro Sforza Pallavicino
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- June 5, 1667, Rome), Italian
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cardinal and historian, son of the Marquis Alessandro Pallavicino of Parma
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Having taken holy orders in 1630, and joined the Society of Jesus
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in 1638, he successively taught philosophy and theology in the Collegium Romanum. As professor of theology he was a member of the congregation appointed by Innocent X to investigate the Jansenist heresy.
In 1659 he was made a cardinal by Alexander VII. Pallavicino is chiefly known by his History of the Council of Trent.