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S. Francis Xavier, Pious Society of(PIA SOCIETÀ DI S. FRANCESCO SAVERIO)Vol. IX, p. 801 PIA SOCIETÀ DI S. FRANCESCO SAVERIO - Institute of Foreign Missions - Parma, seat of the Institute for Foreign Missions. sacred (partly preserved by Plutarch,…
Sfondrati, Family(SFONDRATI, FAMIGLIA)Vol. XI, p. 296 SFONDRATI, FAMIGLIA. – Attested in Cremona in the 13th–14th centuries. It became famous in the 16th century with FRANCESCO, born in Cremona on 26 October 1493,…
Sforza di Santa Fiora, AlessandroVol. XI, p. 298 SFORZA DI SANTA FIORA, ALESSANDRO. – Cardinal, born in 1534, died at Macerata on 16 May 1581, son of Costanza di Alessandro Farnese (Paolo III). He studied at…
Sforza Di Santa Fiora, Guido AscanioVol. XI, p. 298 SFORZA DI SANTA FIORA, GUIDO ASCANIO. - Cardinal, b. in Rome in 1518, d. 7 Oct. 1564, brother of Cardinal Alessandro (v.). Appointed cardinal in 1534, he…
Sforza, Family(SFORZA, FAMIGLIA)Vol. XI, p. 297 SFORZA, FAMIGLIA. – Originating in Cotignola (Ravenna), the family rose in its principal branch to the lordship of Milan. The family surname, belonging to…
Sforza, Serafina (Sveva), Blessed(SFORZA, SERAFINA (SVEVA), BEATA)Vol. XI, p. 298 SFORZA, SERAFINA (SVEVA), Blessed. - Poor Clare, b. at Urbino c. 1434, daughter of Guido, duke of Montefeltro; d. at Pesaro in 1478. Sister of Federico da…
Sfragistics(SFRAGISTICA)Vol. XI, p. 298 SFRAGISTICA. — From the Greek σφραγίς, or “sigillography” (Latin sigillum, diminutive of signum), this is the discipline that studies seals from the juridical,…
