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TOURON (Antoine). The Life and Spirit of St. Charles...

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TOURON (Antoine). The Life and Spirit of St. Charles Borromeo, Cardinal of Santa Praxede, Archbishop of Milan. Paris, Butard, 1761, 3 vols. in-12, XXXVI-468, VIII-612 and VIII (title and pp V-VIII: complete)-568 p., full brown speckled calf of the period, richly decorated ribbed spine, red moroccoed title and tomaison coins. Very fine copy. Saint Charles Borromeo (in Italian Carlo Borromeo) (1538-1584) is an Italian bishop, archbishop of Milan and cardinal of the Catholic Church. Great craftsman in his diocese of the Catholic Reformation wanted by the Council of Trent, he is considered a model of a post-Tridentine bishop.