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Pope Paul III
Paul III, born Alessandro Farnese, was pope from 1534 to 1549. He approved the Jesuits, called the Council of Trent and began the Catholic Reformation, but also advanced his family, creating the duchies of Castro and of Parma and Piacenza for his son Pier Luigi Farnese. He brought Perugia and Camerino under direct papal control.
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