• Paolina Loredan was the Dogaressa of Venice by marriage to Doge Carlo Contarini (r. 1655-1656) and a member of the noble Loredan family. Paolina Loredan...
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    all'Isola Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio S. Camillo de Lellis S. Carlo al Corso S. Cecilia in Trastevere Ss. Celso e Giuliano S. Clemente Ss. Cosma e Damiano S. Crisogono...
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    Maria Callas Commendatore OMRI (born Maria Anna Cecilia Sofia Kalogeropoulos; December 2, 1923 – September 16, 1977) was an American-born Greek soprano...
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    Maria Luisa Caterina Cecilia Cosway (ma-RYE-ah[citation needed]; née Hadfield; 11 June 1760 – 5 January 1838) was an Italian-English painter, musician...
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    all'Isola Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio S. Camillo de Lellis S. Carlo al Corso S. Cecilia in Trastevere Ss. Celso e Giuliano S. Clemente Ss. Cosma e Damiano S. Crisogono...
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    as Palestrina (Donati 1945) and he signed a bas-relief in the Cappella Paolina in Santa Maria Maggiore as a Roman: STEPHANVS MADERNVS ROMANVS F ("Stefano...
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    the centre; the Via del Babuino to the left (opened in 1525 as the Via Paolina) and the Via di Ripetta (opened by Leo X in 1518 as the Via Leonina) to...
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    protégée, and favorite prima donna. Anna, along with her older half-sister Paolina, moved in with Vivaldi and regularly accompanied him on his many travels...
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    Morosini 1618-1623: Elena Barbarigo 1625-1629: Chiara Dolfin 1655-1656: Paolina Loredan 1656-1656: Andreana Priuli 1656-1658: Elisabetta Pisani 1658-1659:...
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  • Bernardo de Galvez) named Balducci the guardian or tutore of her daughters Paolina, Adelaide, and Clotilde. He devoted much of his time to helping her in...
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