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The Frangipani family was a powerful Roman patrician clan in the Middle Ages. The family was firmly Guelph in sympathy. [1] The name has many spellings, which include Frangipane, Freiapane, Fricapane and Fresapane. [1] In his Trattatello in laude di Dante, Boccaccio traces the descent of Dante from the family. [1]
Jacoba dei Settesoli was born in Rome and married into the noble Frangipani family. She was a young widow when she heard of the holy man, Francis of Assisi. Desiring to meet the penitent in order to seek his spiritual advice, she got her wish when Francis and his small band came to Rome to obtain papal approval of the Franciscan Rule of life. [2]
He was the principal representative of the Frangipani family of Rome in the early twelfth century. One night in 1118, he interrupted the College of Cardinals in Santa Maria in Pallara sul Palatino, near his castle, and arrested the newly elected Pope Gelasius II and some of his followers. Popular opinion turned so against him, however, that he ...
Oddone Frangipane (also Oddo or Otto, Latin: Odo Frajapanis [1]) was a Roman lord and military leader in the service of the Papacy in the 12th century.. He was the son of Leo and grandson of Cencio II of the Frangipani family.
The Frankopan family was one of the leading Croatian aristocratic families from the 12th to the 17th century. Since the 15th century they were trying to link themselves to the Roman patrician Frangipani family (which claimed descent from a Roman plebeian family of Anicii and ended in 1654 with Mario Frangipane being its last male descendant [5]).
Ottone is believed to have belonged to the Frangipani family, a powerful baronial family occupying a prominent position in Rome from the 11th to the 13th century. Manoeuvring cleverly between the Empire and the Papacy, they were instrumental in the appointment of at least two popes: Honorius II and Innocent II .
The world's obsession with true crime has once again paved the way for a popular, new Netflix series to take over the streamer: A Nearly Normal Family, which is based on Swedish author M.T ...
The 1124 papal election (held 16–21 December) took place after the death of Pope Callixtus II on 13 December 1124. The election was characterised by a power struggle between Italian cardinals supported by the Pierleoni family and northern cardinals supported by the Frangipani family.