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Francesco Carpino S.T.D. (18 May 1905 – 5 October 1993) was a Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Palermo. He was born in Palazzolo Acreide Sicily Italy as the third of five children of Salvatore Carpino who was the owner of a small rural estate. He was educated at the Seminary of Noto from 1914 to 1919. He continued to 1926 his studies at the Pontifical Roman Seminary in Rome where he earned doctorates in philosophy and theology and a licentiate in canon law.