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condottiere
condottiere [Ital.,=leader], leader of mercenary soldiers in Italy in the 14th and 15th cent., when wars were almost incessant there. The condottieri hired and paid the bands who fought under them. They dealt directly with the cities or states that requested their services and were responsible... Read more |
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Sforza
Sforza , Italian family that ruled the duchy of Milan from 1450 to 1535. Rising from peasant origins, the Sforzas became condottieri and used this military position to become rulers in Milan. The family governed by force, ruse, and power politics. Under their rule the city-state flourished and... Read more |
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Conte Carlo Sforza
Carlo Sforza, Conte , 1872-1952, Italian foreign minister. He held high ministerial and diplomatic posts, became a senator, and as foreign minister (1920-21) negotiated the Treaty of Rapallo with Yugoslavia. Sforza opposed Mussolini and resigned as ambassador to Paris in 1922. He went (1927) into... Read more |
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patron
patron [Lat.,=like a father], one who lends influential support to some person, cause, art or institution. Patronage existed in various ancient cultures but was primarily a Roman institution. In Roman law the lord was patronus (protector or defender) in relation to his freedmen and to others,... Read more |
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Ambrogio De Predis
Ambrogio De Predis c.1455-c.1506, Milanese painter. He worked under Leonardo da Vinci and copied many of his paintings. He also executed several portraits of the Sforzas (National Gall. of Art, Washington, D.C.; Vienna).... Read more |
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Ludovico Sforza
Ludovico Sforza , b. 1451 or 1452, d. 1508, duke of Milan (1494-99); younger son of Francesco I Sforza. He was called Ludovico il Moro [the Moor] because of his swarthy complexion. In 1480 he deprived his sister-in-law, Bona of Savoy, of the regency for her infant son, Gian Galeazzo Sforza (see ... Read more |
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Pesaro
Pesaro , city (1991 pop. 88,713), capital of Pesaro e Urbino prov., in the Marche region, central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea at the mouth of the Foglia River. It is an agricultural and industrial center and a seaside resort. Manufactures include musical instruments, motorcylces, refined sulfur, and... Read more |
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Filarete
Filarete , c.1400-c.1465, Italian architect and sculptor, whose real name was Antonio Averlino, b. Florence. In the 1430s he went to Rome, where he studied the monuments of antiquity. His most famous project was the bronze doors for St. Peter's. Although somewhat original in style, he was not a... Read more |
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Imola
Imola , city (1991 pop. 62,567), Emilia-Romagna, N central Italy, on the Aemilian Way. It is an agricultural and market center, known for its ceramics. A Roman town ( Forum Cornelii ), it later (11th cent.) became a free commune. The city was subsequently ruled by tyrants (including the Visconti and... Read more |
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Andrea Sansovino
Andrea Sansovino , c.1460-1529, Florentine sculptor and architect of the High Renaissance, b. Monte Sansavino. His real name was Andrea Contucci. He trained under Antonio Pollaiuolo and worked in Florence, Rome, and Loreto. His tombs of Cardinals Sforza and Basso in Rome and his statues and reliefs... Read more |
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Francis J. Sforza of Weymouth, 80.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
Francis J. Sforza of Weymouth, formerly of Dorchester...fishing and vacationing in Florida. Mr. Sforza is survived by his wife, Phyllis L...Church, Weymouth. Burial will be in St. Francis Xavier Cemetery, Weymouth. Arrangements... |
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Transactions for the week of Nov. 14, 2011
...Drive, Donna Dirienzio to Francis A. Sforza; 11/14/2011. $150...000 102 Iroquois Ave., Francis Naselli and Alistar Lihou...Yanny E. Mejia and Malpy J. Reyes; 11/16/2011...Michael W. Cressman and Dana J. Cressman to Charles Draper... |
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Patrick Francis Moran: the making of a scholar.(Biography)
...Cardinals Fransoni, Castracane, Amati, Simonetti and Riario Sforza were present. The objectors were Right Rev. Dr Grant, bishop of Southwark, and Very Rev. Father Giovanni Perrone, S.J., the celebrated professor of theology in the Roman college... |
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Alberta J. Irr, 74, lived in Weymouth, was office worker.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
Alberta J. (Cook) Irr of Weymouth...former Herald employee Louis J.; three daughters, Donna Kaufman...of New Hampshire and Phyllis Sforza of Weymouth; three brothers...Joseph Cook of New Jersey and Francis Cook of Somerville; and six... |
 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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BLOODLESS SURGERY BOUND FOR RUSSIA
DANIEL SFORZA, Staff Writer The Record (Bergen...SURGERY BOUND FOR RUSSIA -- N.J. HOSPITAL TEAM ON LECTURE TOUR By DANIEL SFORZA, Staff Writer Date: 04-23...get things done," said Dr. Francis Forte, a hematologist and oncologist... |
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MEMORIAL SERVICE SET TUESDAY
DANIEL SFORZA The Record (Bergen County...SERVICE SET TUESDAYBy DANIEL SFORZA Date: 01-24-2000, MondaySection...Stirling Road, Warren, N.J. 07059. {BOX} John N...today at a noon Mass at St. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church... |
 "The Herald News - Joliet (IL)")
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New Lenox
...suspended license: James J. Grzetich, 50, of Joliet...Arrest warrant: Joshua J. Casey, 25, of 916 W...was arrested July 1 at Francis Road and Creekside Court...Domestic battery: Philip J. Gardella, 36, of 846...license: Nicholas L. Sforza, ... |
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OBITUARIES
...Funeral Home, Clifton.FORTUNATA SFORZA D'ARBENZIO, 46, of Fairview...Home, Bergenfield.MICHAEL J. O'REILLY, 80, of North...She was a parishioner of St. Francis R.C. Church and a member of...Park. Arrangements: Patrick J. Conte Funeral Home, Elmwood... |
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...JolietKruspe-Rios - Adam J., Rockdale, Jessica...Joliet, Tia M., Lockport Sforza-Ingram - Nicholas L...Deihs-Rafac - Richard J., Wilmington, Jennifer...Lawson-Yanchick - Allan Francis, II, Crest Hill, Allison...Chicago, Kristina J., Joliet ... |
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AREA SCHEDULE
...6-1; Chris McCreight (USI) d. T.J. Haas 6-0, 6-0; Evan Luttrell...Wahler 9-8 (11-9). NOTES: St. Francis is now 6-6. FROSH-SOPH SOFTBALL FRESHMAN...BOWLING COUNTRY LANES FRI NIGHT MEN: Tom Sforza 279, Bob Elliot 715. PIONEER LANES BANTAMS... |
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