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In honor of this event, the Colonna family was granted the privilege of using the imperial pointed crown on top of their coat of arms. The poet Petrarch, was a great friend of the family, in particular of Giovanni Colonna and often lived in Rome as a guest of the family. He composed a number of sonnets for special occasions within the Colonna ...
The Disappearance of John and Giannina Colonna is an ongoing missing children's case that has baffled international authorities since it took place, in Puerto Rico in 1974. [1] Even as the case took place five decades ago, international agencies such as the Interpol are still involved trying to solve it.
According to their own family legend, the Orsini are descended from the Julio-Claudian dynasty of ancient Rome. The Orsini carried on a political feud with the Colonna family for centuries in Rome, [4] until it was stopped by Papal Bull in 1511. In 1571, the heads of both families married nieces of Pope Sixtus V as an act of reconciliation.
Girolamo Colonna (1639–1666) - son of Filippo I, contested by brother Frederico Marcantonio V Colonna (1639–1659) - brother of Girolamo and son of Filippo I. Prince while his brothers fought over the Duchy.
The quadrangular bastion of the palace (July 2020) The fiefdom of Marino was purchased by the Colonna family in 1417, for the sum of 12,000 florins, [16] in a very favorable period for this Roman baronial family: in fact, the Council of Constance had just patched up the Western Schism with the election of Pope Martin V, born Oddone Colonna.
James Colonna was created a cardinal in 1278 by Pope Nicholas III, and Peter Colonna was appointed a cardinal in 1288 by Pope Nicholas IV.Both opposed the election of Boniface VIII following Pope Celestine V's unprecedented abdication, as they questioned the legality of that resignation.
Giovanni Colonna (cardinal, 1295–1348) Giovanni Colonna (cardinal, 1456–1508) Giovanni Colonna (died 1245) Girolamo Colonna di Sciarra; Girolamo Colonna; Giuliano Colonna of Stigliano, 1st Prince of Sonnino; Guido Colonna di Paliano
Today the central palace with a Romanesque archway are surviving parts of this first fortress. In Italian it is sometimes called Castel Colonna, reflecting the fact that around the time of Leonhard II the Völs (Fiè) family started to add the Colonna family name to their own. The reason for this is unclear, although a number of hypotheses have ...