Ferdinand II
Ferdinand II 1810-59, king of the Two Sicilies (1830-59), son and successor of Francis I. Although initially he sought to improve the wretched conditions of his kingdom, he soon relapsed into the repressive policies of his predecessors and became an absolute despot. Fear of revolution made him grant a constitution in 1848, but when disorders broke out in Sicily he ordered the bombardment of Messina (1848) and Palermo (1849)—an act that earned him the nickname "King Bomba." He soon revoked the constitution, becoming even more reactionary. Great Britain and France, in protest against his inhuman treatment of at least 15,000 political prisoners, withdrew their envoys (1856). He was opposed by conservatives as well as liberals. The political isolation brought about by Ferdinand facilitated the fall of the dynasty under his son and successor, Francis II.
Bibliography: See H. M. Acton, The Last Bourbons of Naples (1961).
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The Marble Faun and the Waste of History.
Magazine article from: The Southern Review; 3/22/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...suspected, too, on the statue's lookalike, the young Italian, Donatello. They would go into the catacombs of Saint Calixtus (where Hawthorne's Americans first see the mysterious pursuer of their friend, the Englishwoman Miriam), stop...
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Around The Nation.(Metro & National News)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 4/5/2008; 700+ words
; ...was born in Valencia, Spain on Jan. 23, 1357 to a deeply religious family. He died in 1419 and was canonized saint by Pope Calixtus III on June 3, 1455. (Christina I. Hermoso) Motorcycle-driven mini-firetruck bared In response to the...
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On Being Welsh - Saint of Small Things.(St. David)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: World and I; 3/1/2001; ; 652 words
; In his last sermon, Saint David instructed his followers to "be...stories of the big things the patron saint accomplished: how he raised a boy from...1120, when David was canonized by Pope Calixtus II and March 1 was included in the church...
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Glowing in the dark
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 11/3/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Virgin recommends Siena to Pope Calixtus III' by Sano di Pietro, in...along with two popular local saints, the great Franciscan preacher...ranks of angels or enhaloed saints. Among the other splendours...depicts Mary surrounded by saints, the rich effect of her gilded...the powerful shoulder of ...
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Charting the emergence of the Renaissance world
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 12/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...canon. His "Virgin and Child with Saint Jerome and Saint Bernardino" straddles the abyss...by Sano di Pietro depicts Pope Calixtus III enthroned looking up at the...parchment a ferocious likeness of "Saint Bernardino Preaching from a Pulpit...
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ASK THE GLOBE
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 10/2/1988; 372 words
; ...the study of the 15th-century French saint herself, but there is an organization...stake at Rouen on May 30, 1431. Pope Calixtus III pronounced her innocent in 1456...by Pope Pius X in 1909 and declared a saint by Pope Benedict XV in 1920. Her feast...
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TRAVELOGUE: ROME REVISITED; Eternal City's famed fountain
Newspaper article from: Filipino Reporter; 5/29/1997; 700+ words
; ...We were greeted by twin colonnades topped with statues of saints and martyrs at the Piazza San Pietro. And at the head of...these houses of worship, we then visited the catacombs of San Calixtus. This is Tome's largest catacomb and was the papal burial...where we went to the Basilica of St. Benedict, patron ...
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The Pilgrim's Guide to Santiago de Compostela.
Magazine article from: Medium Aevum; 9/22/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...preface attributed to Pope Calixtus II; hence the title 'Codex...Guide (Le Guide du pelerin de Saint-Jacques de Compostelle...names) deals with most of the saints (and some heroes, like Roland...Compostela a kind of Broadway of Saints' (pp. x-xi, xii). In...emphasis given to the cult of ...
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St. Bonaventure's Commentary on the Gospel of Luke, Chapters 9-16
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...by Robert J. Karris (The Works of St. Bonaventure 8/2; Saint Bonaventure, NY: Franciscan Institute Publications, 2003...reissued and reinterpreted papal bull "Sicut judeis" of Pope Calixtus II (d. 1124), which provided both protection and limitations...
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Saint Calixtus I
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Saint Calixtus I , c.160-c.222, pope (217-222), a Roman...archdeacon to Zephyrinus he established the famous Calixtus Cemetery, where all the popes of the 3d cent. except Calixtus himself are buried. His election to the papacy...
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Agnes, Saint
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Saint Agnes St. Agnes (c. 292 –...Roman Catholic Church's hierarchy of saints. She was believed to have been martyred...Andr é -Delastre in his book Saint Agnes, the inscription reads: "Tradition...consecrated as a church in 1123 by Pope Calixtus II. Church histories note that Agnes...
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Saint Hippolytus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Saint Hippolytus [Gr.,=loosed horse], d. c.236, first antipope (c...due to Montanist leanings, he fell into dispute with Popes Zephyrinus and Calixtus I , accusing them of laxness on the question of heresy and of leniency with...
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Saint Cyprian
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Saint Cyprian , 200?-258, Father of the Church...Cyprian concurred with Pope Cornelius (and Calixtus I before him), calling for strictness but ultimate...1984); G. S. Walker, The Churchmanship of Saint Cyprian (1969).
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St Davids, diocese of
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
...The cathedral of St David , which still houses the bones of the patron saint of Wales, is one of the outstanding buildings in the principality. Bernard persuaded Pope Calixtus II to canonize David, and also to decree that two pilgrimages to St...
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