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Zuccari, Taddeo and Federico (ZUCCARI, TADDEO E FEDERICO)
Painters. TADDEO, b. at S. Angelo in Vado near Urbino on 1 Sept. 1529, d. in Rome on 1 Sept. 1566. His first teachers were his father and Pompeo da Fano. From… -
Zucchetto
A head covering in the shape of a half-sphere, worn in white by the pope, in red by cardinals (granted in 1464 by Paul II, to regular cardinals in 1591 by… -
Zucchi, Carlo
General, b. 10 March 1777 at Reggio Emilia, d. there 31 Dec. 1863. As a youth he left his studies to fight alongside the French and, a second lieutenant in… -
Zucchini, Carlo
Italian deputy and Catholic organizer, b. at Faenza on 13 Apr. 1862, d. at Rocchetta di Vara (La Spezia) on 14 Nov. 1928. In the '90s he began a singular… -
Zucchi, Nicola
Physicist-mathematician, preacher and ascetical writer, b. at Parma on 6 Dec. 1586, d. at Rome on 21 May 1670. Having entered the Society of Jesus at Padua… -
Zucchini, Gaetano
Politician, b. in Bologna on 6 Aug. 1806, d. there on 1 March 1882. Having distinguished himself through numerous publications on agricultural, economic and… -
Zulia, Diocese of (ZULIA, DIOCESI DI)
Diocese and capital city of the state of the same name in Venezuela (South America). The residence is at Maracaibo. It has an area of 58,000 sq km with a… -
Zumárraga (Cumarrága), Juan (ZUMÁRRAGA (CUMARRAGA), JUAN)
First bishop of Mexico, born toward the end of 1468 or at the beginning of 1469 at Taria de Durango, died in Mexico on June 3, 1548. He entered the Franciscan… -
Zurara (Azurara), Gomes Eanes de
Portuguese chronicler, b. at Azurara in 1410, d. in 1474 (?). Keeper of the historical archive of the "Torre do Tombo" in Lisbon, he is the most important… -
Zurbarán, Francisco de
Painter, b. at Fuente de Cantos (province of Badajoz in Extremadura) on 7 Nov. 1598 and d. at Madrid after 28 Feb. 1664. His first pictorial education took… -
Zurich, Treaties of (ZURIGO, TRATTATI DI)
On July 11, 1859, meeting at Villafranca, Napoleon III and Francis Joseph agreed on the cessation of the war that had pitted the Franco-Sardinians and the… -
Zurita y Castro, Jerónimo
Aragonese historian, b. in Saragossa in 1512, d. there in 1580. He studied in Salamanca and in 1548 was appointed court historiographer. He traveled through… -
Zurla, Placido
Cardinal, b. at Legnago (Verona) on 2 April 1769, d. in Sicily on 29 Oct. 1834. In 1787 he took the Camaldolese habit at S. Michele di Murano near Venice… -
Zuzim (ZUZIM)
An autochthonous tribe of the district of Hám in 'Aglûn, east of the Jordan, defeated by King Chedorlaomer (Gen. 14:5) and belonging to the gigantic race of…