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  2. John Leonardi - Wikipedia

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    John Leonardi, OMD (Italian: Giovanni; 1541 – 9 October 1609) was an Italian Catholic priest and the founder of the Clerics Regular of the Mother of God of Lucca. [ 2 ] Biography

  3. Chronological list of saints and blesseds in the 16th century

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    Francis of St. Michael 1597 James Kisai 1597 John Soan de Goto 1597 Leo Karasuma 1597 Louis Ibarachi: 1585 1597 Martin de Aguirre 1597 Martin Loynaz of the Ascension 1597 Matthias of Meako 1597 Michael Kozaki 1597 Paulo Miki, priest and martyr, and Companions: 1565 1597 Peter Baptist 1597 Peter Canisius: 1521 1597 Peter Shukeshiko 1597 Peter ...

  4. Giovanni Battista Cairati - Wikipedia

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    Giovanni Battista Cairati (Cairate, 16th century – Goa, 1596), known in Portuguese as João Baptista Cairato, was an Italian architect and engineer.Cairati was a leading military architect and, after the union of the Portuguese and Spanish empires in 1580, he was sent to the east by Philip II to redesign many of the fortresses. [1]

  5. Sorrento Cathedral - Wikipedia

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    Sorrento Cathedral west front. The Cathedral of Saints Philip and James (Italian: Cattedrale dei Santi Filippo e Giacomo), commonly known as the Sorrento Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Sorrento), is a Roman Catholic cathedral located on Via Santa Maria della Pietà in Sorrento, Italy. [1]

  6. Gianello della Torre - Wikipedia

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    Della Torre is attributed as the creator of the "Clockwork Prayer", an automaton representing a monk manufactured in the 1560s based on a commission from Philip II of Spain. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Following the recovery of his son , and in the belief that Didacus of Alcalá had in some way intervened on his behalf, King Philip II of Spain would have ...

  7. Antonio Serguidi - Wikipedia

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    Concini, in the mid-16th century, had risen to a position of great prominence in managing the secretariats and became a key figure in handling foreign policy. [2] Serguidi was chosen to serve as secretary to the hereditary prince Francesco during the prince's journey to Spain in 1562–63. While at the Spanish court, both Francesco and Serguidi ...

  8. Italian Wars - Wikipedia

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    The Italian Wars [b] were a series of conflicts fought between 1494 and 1559, mostly in the Italian Peninsula, but later expanding into Flanders, the Rhineland and Mediterranean Sea. The primary belligerents were the Valois kings of France , on one side, and their opponents in the Holy Roman Empire and Spain on the other.

  9. Holy League (1571) - Wikipedia

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    The banner was given to Toledo Cathedral in 1616 by Philip III of Spain. It was moved to the Museum of Santa Cruz in 1961. [ 1 ] The coats of arms of the leaders of the Holy League (Habsburg Spain, Pope Pius V, Republic of Venice, John of Austria) as depicted in the printed order of battle published on 14 November 1571 by Antonio Lafreri in Rome.