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  2. Elisa Maria Boglino - Wikipedia

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    According to a colleague from the years in Sicily Lia Pasqualina Noto during the thirties it seems that Boglino had moved to Rome until her death. [9] Boglino studied from 1923 to 1926 at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts under Sigurd Wandel [8] [10] One painting was purchased by Modern Art Gallery Sant'Anna (Palermo).

  3. Philippa of Catania - Wikipedia

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    Philippa breastfeeding (left), her wedding (centre) and her torture (right, background). Painted by Jean Fouquet (1458).. Philippa of Catania, also known as Philippa the Catanian or Filippa Catanese (died in 1345), was a Sicilian woman of low birth who became an influential figure in the royal court of the Kingdom of Naples.

  4. Simonetta Stefanelli - Wikipedia

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    Simonetta Stefanelli (Italian pronunciation: [simoˈnetta stefaˈnɛlli]; born 30 November 1954) is an Italian former actress.Internationally, she is best known for her performance as Apollonia Vitelli-Corleone in the 1972 film The Godfather, directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

  5. Letizia Battaglia - Wikipedia

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    Battaglia also became involved in women's and environmental issues. For several years she stopped taking pictures and officially entered the world of politics. From 1985 to 1991 she held a seat on the Palermo city council for the Green Party, and from 1991 to 1996 she was a Deputy at the Sicilian Regional Assembly for The Network. She was ...

  6. Category:Sicilian princesses - Wikipedia

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    The title Princess of Sicily and the use of the style "Royal Highness" has generally been restricted to the following persons: the legitimate daughters of a Sovereign of Sicily , the legitimate male line female descendants of a Sovereign of Sicily,

  7. Doñas de fuera - Wikipedia

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    In historical Sicilian folklore, the doñas de fuera would make contact with humans, mostly women deemed to have “sweet blood”, whom they took to Benevento ("the Blockula of Sicily" [1]), by mounting them on magical, flying goats. The fairies were called doñas de fuera, which was also a name for the women who associated with them. They ...

  8. Catacombe dei Cappuccini - Wikipedia

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    The project is led by anthropologist Dario Piombino-Mascali of the Department of Cultural Heritage and Sicilian Identity in Palermo, and is backed by the European Academy of Bozen/Bolzano [14] [15] The mummies are X-Rayed and CT scanned to collect information about them, along with other anthropological and paleopathological techniques to ...

  9. List of Sicilian Americans - Wikipedia

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    Carly Aquilino, (born November 18, 1990) stand-up comedian of Sicilian descent, podcast performer, cast member of MTV's Girl Code. Henry Armetta, (Palermo, Sicily, July 4, 1888 – San Diego, October 21, 1945) movie character actor who appeared in at least 150 films, starting in silents as early as 1915 to a movie released in 1946, after his death.