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Tommaso Turco
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Tommaso Turco (died 1649) was the Master of the Order of Preachers from 1644 to 1649.
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Biography
He was born in Cremona and taught metaphysics at the University of Padua.[1] Tommaso Turco was elected master at the 1644 Chapter of the Dominican Order, over the opposition of Pope Urban VIII, whose preferred candidate was Michel Mazarin, brother of Cardinal Mazarin.[2]
As master, Turco conducted extensive visitations of Italy, Spain, the Kingdom of France, and the Spanish Netherlands.[2]
He died in 1649.[2]
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