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  2. René II de Lorraine, Marquis d'Elbeuf - Wikipedia

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    René II de Lorraine, Marquis d'Elbeuf (14 August 1536 – 14 December 1566) [1] was a French noble, and soldier during the latter Italian Wars and early French Wars of Religion. The youngest son of Claude of Lorraine, Duke of Guise and Antoinette of Bourbon-Vendôme Elbeuf's career began at a young age.

  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. Pellegrino Tibaldi - Wikipedia

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    Holy Family with St. Elizabeth, at the Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg. In 1586 he went to Spain, where he followed and replaced Federico Zuccari as main court painter. He painted in the lower cloisters of El Escorial at the request of King Philip II. His greatest work were frescoes in the library.

  6. Papal States - Wikipedia

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    Control was always contested; indeed it took until the 16th century for the Pope to have any genuine control over all his territories. Papal responsibilities were often in conflict. The Papal States were involved in at least three wars in the first two decades of the 16th century. [38] Julius II, the "Warrior Pope", fought on their behalf.

  7. Federigo Giambelli - Wikipedia

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    An 18th century engraving, depicting the explosion of one of Giambelli's "hellburners" on the Duke of Parma's pontoon bridge at the Siege of Antwerp in 1585.Giambelli is said to have vowed to be revenged for his rebuff at the Spanish court; and when Antwerp was besieged by Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma in 1584, he offered his services to Elizabeth I of England, who, having satisfied herself ...

  8. List of churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago

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    323 W Illinois St, Chicago Holy Name Cathedral: 735 N State St, Chicago Immaculate Conception & St. Joseph (Near North Side) 1107 N Orleans St, Chicago Our Lady of Mount Carmel 708 W Belmont Ave, Chicago St. Alphonsus 1429 W Wellington Ave, Chicago St. Bonaventure Oratory 1641 W Diversey Pkwy, Chicago Founded in 1911, closed in 2024 [29] St ...

  9. Michiel Coxie - Wikipedia

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    Self-portrait as Saint George. Michiel Coxie the Elder, Michiel Coxcie the Elder or Michiel van Coxcie, Latinised name Coxius [1] [2] (1499 – 3 March 1592), was a Flemish painter of altarpieces and portraits, a draughtsman and a designer of stained-glass windows, tapestries and prints.