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    Giovanni Piccolomini (1475–1537) was an Italian papal legate and cardinal. He was a nephew of Pope Pius III. He was made Archbishop of Siena in 1503, Bishop...
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    The House of Piccolomini (pronounced [pikkoˈlɔːmini]) is the name of an Italian noble family, Patricians of Siena, who were prominent from the beginning...
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    Cardinal Giovanni Castiglione. The documents made it clear that it was not the Pope or the Papacy which were buying the property, but the Piccolomini family...
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    of the Madonna is by Paolo di Giovanni Fei and from the late 14th century. The cardinal Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini, who became Pope Pius III, intended...
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    payment for debts. The Viceroy Count of Lemos then gave the area to Giovanni Piccolomini. By 1600, the population of Boscotrecase exceeded 7000: the existing...
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  •  1458–1464) Francesco Piccolomini, cardinal-deacon of San Eustachio from 1460, became Pope Pius III (r.  1503) Giovanni Piccolomini (1475–1537), cardinal...
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    II (Latin: Pius PP. II, Italian: Pio II), born Enea Silvio Bartolomeo Piccolomini (Latin: Aeneas Silvius Bartholomeus; 18 October 1405 – 14 August 1464)...
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  • Painter Claudio Fornari Dada Gallotti: Domicilla Riccardo Garrone: Giovanni Piccolomini Malisa Longo: Caterina Luciana Turina: Madre badessa Umberto D'Orsi:...
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    Rome. The bronze gate at the entrance is by Giovanni Artusi. Adjoining the cathedral is the Piccolomini Library, housing precious illuminated choir books...
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    Ascanio Piccolomini (1596–1671) was the archbishop of Siena from 1629 to 1671. Ascanio was a mathematics pupil of Bonaventura Cavalieri. He hosted Galileo...
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