• Hugh of Lucca or Hugh Borgognoni (also Ugo) (1160–c.1259) was a medieval surgeon. He and Theodoric of Lucca, his son or student, are noted for their use...
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    has a population of about 89,000, while its province has a population of 383,957. Lucca is known as an Italian "Città d'arte" (City of Art) from its intact...
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    The Republic of Lucca (Italian: Repubblica di Lucca) was a medieval and early modern state that was centered on the Italian city of Lucca in Tuscany, which...
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    The Practice of Surgery. 1214. Hugh of Lucca discovered that wine disinfects wounds. 1250. Theodoric Borgognoni, student of Hugh of Lucca broke with Galen...
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  • Prophylaxis of Childbed Fever in 1861, summarizing experiments and observations since 1847 Medieval surgeons Hugh of Lucca, Theoderic of Servia, and his...
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    Although he was from Lucca, he was probably not count of Lucca. He moved from Tuscany to Emilia-Romagna c.924-930 when Hugh of Italy endowed him with...
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    Bagni di Lucca (formerly Bagno a Corsena) is a comune of Tuscany, Italy, in the Province of Lucca with a population of about 6,100. The comune has 27...
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  • bishop of Lucca (Otto Lucensis), the bishop of Lucca from 1137, was an early patron of Peter Lombard, responsible, as a letter of Bernard of Clairvaux...
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    collection of counties, largely in the valley of the River Arno, originally centered on Lucca. The march was a Carolingian creation, a successor of the Lombard...
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  • City physician (category History of medicine)
    Well-known early city physicians include Hugh of Lucca, who was appointed surgeon in Bologna, Italy, in 1214, and William of Saliceto, who was appointed city...
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    April 1883) was King of Etruria (1803–1807; reigned as Louis II), Duke of Lucca (1824–1847; reigned as Charles Louis), and Duke of Parma (1847–1849; reigned...
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  • familial possession of Lucca to his brother Boso. Hugh was Guy and Lambert's half-brother, as they had the same mother. When Guy died, Hugh married Guy's widow...
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    Zita (redirect from Zita of Lucca)
    poor. Zita was born in Tuscany in Monte Sagrati, a village not far from Lucca. Her parents were Giovanni and Buonissima Lombardo. Her maternal uncle,...
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    city of Rome with the aid of Prince Richard I of Capua and his Norman troops. On 1 October 1061, they chose Bishop Anselmo de Baggio of Lucca, one of the...
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    on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea. With a population of over 62,000, it is the second largest city in the province of Lucca, after Lucca. It is known...
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  • he sent representatives to oversee an exchange of property by the diocese of Lucca. Later that year, Hugh removed his brother from the march and placed...
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    surgery and the use of anaesthetics. Theodoric Borgognoni was born in Lucca, Italy in 1205. He may well have been the son of Master Hugh Borgognoni, a leading...
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    The Lucca–Ponte a Moriano Tramway (Italian: Tranvia Lucca-Ponte a Moriano) was an urban steam tramway line that connected Lucca railway station with a...
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  • was the founder of the convent of San Ponziano in Lucca. Willa was widowed, around 968, and her son Hugh succeeded Hubert as margrave of Tuscany. Willa...
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    actress and writer. She is best known for her leading role as attorney Lucca Quinn in the CBS drama series The Good Wife (2015–2016) and the Paramount...
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    revolt. Upon Hugh's death at Pistoia in 1001, his state collapsed. In 1004, war broke out between Lucca and Pisa. The power of the House of Canossa, margraves...
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    Castruccio Castracani degli Antelminelli (category People from Lucca)
    an Italian condottiero and duke of Lucca. Castruccio was born in Lucca, a member of the noble family of Antelminelli, of the Ghibelline party. In 1300 he...
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    Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 966. Vasari, Giorgio (1991). The Lives of the Artists...
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    Pope Lucius III (category Religious leaders from Lucca)
    reigned from 1 September 1181 to his death in 1185. Born of an aristocratic family of Lucca, prior to being elected pope, he had a long career as a papal...
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  • destroys the reputation of her goddaughter Maia (Rose Leslie) and Diane's savings, leading them to join Lucca Quinn (Cush Jumbo) at one of Chicago's preeminent...
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  • – March 925 in Lucca) was countess of Arles by marriage to Theobald of Arles, and margravine of Tuscany by marriage to Adalbert II of Tuscany. She served...
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    movement of the Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D (G 448) is a fandango, a lively Spanish dance. Boccherini was born into a musical family in Lucca, Italy in...
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  • Holy Founders of the Servite Order (Bonfilius, Alexis, Manettus, Amadeus, Hugh, Sostene and Buonagiunta) were seven men of the town of Florence who became...
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    red are the colors of the Spanish Bourbons. Lucca became a duchy under the rule of the daughter of the Spanish king. Duchy of Lucca (1818–1824) Merchant...
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  • and oldest royal houses in Europe and the world, and consists of Hugh Capet, the founder of the dynasty, and his male-line descendants, who ruled in France...
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