alessandro farnese

Noun alessandro farnese has 1 sense

• alessandro farnese(n = noun.person) paul iii - Italian pope from 1534 to 1549 who excommunicated Henry VIII of England in 1538 and initiated the Council of Trent in 1545; was active in the Counter Reformation and promoted the Society of Jesus for this purpose (1468-1549);
is a kind of bishop of rome, catholic pope, holy father, pontiff, pope, roman catholic pope, vicar of christ