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Wikipedia tells me that Alessandro Farnese (5 October 1520 – 2 March 1589) was made a cardinal by Pope Paul III (his grandfather) when Allesandro was 14 years old. Has there ever been a younger cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church?

by /u/spikebrennan in /r/AskHistorians

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