Pier Luigi Carafa or Pierluigi Carafa may refer to:
A doctor of both laws, from the Latin doctor utriusque juris, or juris utriusque doctor, or doctor juris utriusque is a scholar who has acquired a doctorate in both civil and church law. The degree was common among Roman Catholic and German scholars of the Middle Ages and early modern times. Today the degree is awarded by the Pontifical Lateran University after a period of six years of study, by the University of Würzburg, and by the University of Fribourg, as well as the University of Cologne.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naples is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese in southern Italy, the see being in Naples. A Christian community was founded there in the 1st century AD and the diocese of Naples was raised to the level of an Archdiocese in the 10th century. Two Archbishops of Naples have been elected Pope, Paul IV and Innocent XII.
Cardinal Carafa may refer to:
Pier Luigi Carafa, Junior was an Italian cardinal from the famous Neapolitan family of Italian nobles, clergy, and men of arts. He served the papacy as Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals and as Dean of same College. He is currently buried at Sant'Andrea delle Fratte in Rome.
The 1585 papal conclave, convoked after the death of Pope Gregory XIII, elected Cardinal Felice Peretti Montalto (O.F.M.Conv), who took the name Sixtus V. Forty-two of the sixty cardinals participated in the conclave. The absence of thirty percent of the cardinalate makes this conclave one of the most sparsely attended in the history of the modern Roman Catholic Church. Fourteen of Gregory XIII's thirty cardinals failed to attend, a startlingly high number.
The House of Carafa or Caraffa is the name of an old and influential Neapolitan aristocratic family of Italian nobles, clergy, and men of arts, known from the 12th century.
Pier Luigi Carafa (Senior) was a cardinal of the Catholic Church, and a member of the Roman Curia.
Francesco Carafa della Spina di Traetto was an Italian cardinal.
Pier is a given name, a form of Peter, which may refer to:
Tommaso Imperato was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Vico Equense (1647–1656).
Domenico Ravenna was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nicastro (1635–1637).
Luigi Pappacoda was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Lecce (1639–1670) and the Bishop of Capaccio (1635–1639).
Pier Luigi Carafa was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Tricarico (1646–1672).
Gian Giacomo Cristoforo was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Lacedonia (1649).
Giovanni Ambrogio Bicuti (1607–1675) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Acqui (1647–1675).
Simeone de Summis, O.F.M. or Simon Suma was an Albanian Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Sapë (1647–1672).
Luigi Branciforte was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla (1648–1665).
Giacomo Carafa was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Rossano (1646–1664).
Gregorio Carafa, C.R. (1588–1675) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Salerno (1664–1675) and Bishop of Cassano all'Jonio (1648–1664).
Filippo Carafa della Serra was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.