Federico Borromeo
Federico Borromeo
(1564 -1631 ) Cardinal , Archbishop of Milan, born Milan; died there. He was a cousin of Saint Charles Borromeo, possessed extraordinary erudition, and was a model of episcopal zeal, an indefatigable preacher, a reformer of abuses, and an apostle of religious education. During the famine and pest at Milan, 1627 -1628 , he fed 2,000 poor daily, and inspired his clergy with a devotion immortalized in Manzoni’s “Betrothed.” He founded the Ambrosian Library , and wrote numerous works on various ecclesiastical sciences.