Francesco Sforza Pallavicino

His Eminence Sforza Pallavicino
Attributed to Giovanni Maria Morandi, Portrait of Cardinal Sforza Pallavicino, 1663 (oil on canvas, British embassy, Vatican City, Holy See)
Diocese	Diocese of Rome
Appointed	9 April 1657
Term ended	4 June 1667
Orders
Created cardinal	9 April 1657 by Pope Alexander VII
Rank	Cardinal-Priest of San Salvatore in Lauro
Personal details
Born	(1607-11-28)November 28, 1607 Rome, Papal States
Died	4 June 1667(1667-06-04) (aged 59) Rome
Buried	Sant'Andrea al Quirinale
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Parents	Alessandro Pallavicino Francesca Sforza di Santa Fiora
Alma mater	Roman College Philosophy career
Education	Roman College (Ph.D., 1625; D.Th. 1628)
Era	Baroque philosophy
Region	Western philosophy Italian philosophy
School	Aristotelianism Scholasticism Conceptualism
Institutions	Roman College
Doctoral advisor	Juan de Lugo
Notable students	Sylvester Maurus Paolo Segneri
Main interests	Natural philosophy, metaphysics, epistemology, aesthetics
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Francesco Maria Sforza Pallavicino or Pallavicini (28 November 1607 – 4 June 1667), was an Italian cardinal, philosopher, theologian, literary theorist, and church historian.

A professor of philosophy and theology at the Roman College and a fixture of important academies such as the Accademia dei Lincei and the Academy of Prince Maurice of Savoy, Pallavicino was the author of several highly influential philosophical and theological treatises (praised among others by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Benedetto Croce and Eugenio Garin) and of a well-known history of the Council of Trent that remained authoritative until the late 19th century.