Alfonso Litta
| Alfonso Litta | |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop of Milan | |
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Painting by Giovanni Battista Gaulli
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| Church | Catholic Church |
| See | Milan |
| Appointed | 17 June 1652 |
| Term ended | 28 August 1679 |
| Predecessor | Cesare Monti |
| Successor | Federico Visconti |
| Other posts | Cardinal Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 24 June 1652 (Bishop) by Giulio Roma |
| Created Cardinal | 15 February 1666 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
19 September 1608 Milan |
| Died | 28 August 1679 (aged 70) Rome |
| Buried | Cathedral of Milan |
Alfonso Michele Litta (19 September 1608 – 28 August 1679) was an Italian cardinal and the archbishop of Milan from 1652 to 1679.
Alfonso Litta was born in Milan on 19 September 1608, the second child of Marquess Pompeo of the House of Litta. His mother, widowed in 1609, in 1622 married Antonio Ferrer, great-chancellor of the Duchy of Milan (at the time under the Spanish government). Ferrer brought Alfonso with him to Spain to the court of Philip IV. There Alfonso studied canon law at the University of Salamanca, and later completed his studies, earning a doctorate in utroque iure, at the University of Bologna in 1628.
In 1628 he entered the order of lawyers of Milan and the clerical state; in 1630 he moved to Rome where Pope Urban VIII appointed him referendary of the Tribunals of the Apostolic Signature. As an administrator of the Papal States, he served as governor of Orvieto in 1637, Spoleto from 1638 to 1639, Camerino from 1639 to 1643, and Vice-legate of Bologna, Ferrara and Romagna in 1643. He was Commissary general of the papal army in 1643, and governor of Ascoli in 1645 where he suppressed an uprising.
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