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Ruggiero (often translated Rogero in English) is a leading character in the Italian romantic epics Orlando Innamorato by Matteo Maria Boiardo and Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto. Ruggiero had originally appeared in the twelfth-century French epic Aspremont , reworked by Andrea da Barberino as the chivalric romance Aspramonte . [ 1 ]
Roger I (Italian: Ruggero; Arabic: رُجار, romanized: Rujār; Maltese: Ruġġieru; Norse: Rogierr; c. 1031 [1] – 22 June 1101), nicknamed "Roger Bosso" and "Grand Count Roger", [a] was a Norman nobleman who became the first Grand Count of Sicily from 1071 to 1101.
Benjamin "Lefty" Ruggiero (April 19, 1926 – November 24, 1994 [nb 1]) was an American mobster in the Bonanno crime family. He is well known for his friendship and mentorship of FBI undercover agent Joseph D. Pistone , who Ruggiero knew as Donnie Brasco.
Roger Freeing Angelica or Ruggiero Freeing Angelica is an 1819 painting by the French artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, inspired by Orlando Furioso by Ariosto. An oil painting on canvas measuring 147 x 199 cm, it is owned by the Louvre. [1] Ingres subsequently painted several variants of the composition.
Roger II or Roger the Great (Italian: Ruggero II, Sicilian: Ruggeru II, Greek: Ρογέριος; 22 December 1095 [1] – 26 February 1154) was King of Sicily and Africa, [2] son of Roger I of Sicily and successor to his brother Simon.
Ruggero (or Ruggiero) [a] Leoncavallo (UK: / ˌ l eɪ ɒ n k æ ˈ v æ l oʊ / LAY-on-kav-AL-oh, [4] US: / ˌ l eɪ oʊ n k ə ˈ v ɑː l oʊ,-k ɑː ˈ-/ LAY-ohn-kə-VAH-loh, -kah-, [5] [6] Italian: [rudˈdʒɛːro leˌoŋkaˈvallo]; 23 April 1857 – 9 August 1919) was an Italian opera composer and librettist.
Angelo Salvatore Ruggiero Sr. (Italian: [ˈandʒelo rudˈdʒɛːro]; July 29, 1940 – December 4, 1989), also known as "Quack Quack", was an American gangster.He was a member of the Gambino crime family and a friend of John Gotti's.
Ruggero (pronounced [rudˈdʒɛːro]), the Italian equivalent of Roger, may refer to: . Ruggero I of Sicily (1031–1101) Norman king of Sicily; Ruggero Berlam (1854–1920), Italian architect