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5 days ago · From the Marquis of Mantua to the Proveditor Capello, Mantua, 3 May.—By letters of 25 April from France, the English herald had arrived and declared war, but was not allowed to do it in his tabard for fear of the people; the Emperor's ambassador had told the King of France of the truce between his master and Venice, and that the French must ...
4 days ago · Perhaps better than any saint in living memory, Pius X took to heart Jesus’s request to “let the little children come to me.” As the Bishop of Mantua, and later the Patriarch of Venice, Pius X, then called Bishop Sarto, frequently carried candy in his pockets, distributing them among the street children on his daily walks around the city.
1 day ago · Charles XIV John (Swedish: Karl XIV Johan; 26 January 1763 – 8 March 1844) was King of Sweden and Norway from 1818 until his death in 1844 and the first monarch of the Bernadotte dynasty. In Norway, he is known as Charles III John ( Norwegian : Karl III Johan ) and before he became royalty in Sweden, his name was Jean-Baptiste Jules ...
May 8, 2024 · Pope St. Pius X. Pope Pius X, born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, was the first Pope elected in the 20th century. He came to the papal office in 1903 and died 11 years later in 1914, just as World War ...
4 days ago · Inferno (Italian: [iɱˈfɛrno]; Italian for "Hell") is the first part of Italian writer Dante Alighieri's 14th-century narrative poem The Divine Comedy.It is followed by Purgatorio and Paradiso.
1 day ago · The national flag of Italy (Italian: bandiera d'Italia, pronounced [banˈdjɛːra diˈtaːlja]), often referred to in Italian as il Tricolore (pronounced [il trikoˈloːre]; English: "the Tricolour"), is a tricolour featuring three equally sized vertical panels of green, white and red, with the green at the hoist side, as defined by article 12 of the Constitution of the Italian Republic.
5 days ago · The final event of the Fest is the Rubber Duck Race. Participants will be invited to the duck drop at 6:30, where they’ll watch their ducks race to the finish. Cost is $10 per duck; owner of the winning duck earns $100. The Triple Trial Fest takes place in Mantua on Friday, June 2nd and Saturday, June 3rd. To register for an event or to find ...
