The House of Colonna, also known as Sciarrillo or Sciarra, is an Italian noble family, forming part of the papal nobility. It was powerful in medieval...

Giacomo Colonna, Prince of Palestrina (1270-1329), more commonly known by his bynames Sciarrillo or Sciarra, was a member of the powerful Colonna family. He...

passed into the hands of the Della Rovere family. It returned to the Colonna family when Marcantonio I Colonna married Lucrezia Gara Franciotti Della Rovere...

Carbognano branch (Colonna di Sciarra) of the Colonna family added the name Barberini to its family name when Giulio Cesare Colonna di Sciarra married...

Martino V; January/February 1369 – 20 February 1431), born Otto (or Oddone) Colonna, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from...

political feud with the Colonna family for centuries in Rome, until it was stopped by Papal Bull in 1511. In 1571, the heads of both families married nieces of...

Vittoria Colonna (April 1492 – 25 February 1547), marchioness of Pescara, was an Italian noblewoman and poet. As an educated, married noblewoman whose...

Giles of Rome O.S.A. (Latin: Aegidius Romanus; Italian: Egidio Colonna; c. 1243 – 22 December 1316) was a medieval philosopher and Scholastic theologian...

The House of Borghese is a family of Italian noble and papal background, originating as the Borghese or Borghesi in Siena, where they came to prominence...

artist grew up in Caravaggio, but his family kept up connections with the Sforzas and the powerful Colonna family, who were allied by marriage with the...

of the 16th century." Marcantonio Colonna, born in 1535 at Civita Lavinia, was a member of the noble Colonna family of the Lazio, then one of the most...

Gerardo Luigi Colonna (September 17, 1904 – November 21, 1986) was an American musician, actor, comedian, singer, songwriter and trombonist who played...

Vatican Ernesto Pacelli Arnaldo De Rosette, Bishop of Asti Orsini family Colonna family Ventresca, Robert A. (2013). Soldier of Christ: The Life of Pope...

a member of the Colonna family. Simonetta was born on April 10, 1922, in Rome, Italy. She was the daughter of Giovanni Antonio Colonna di Cesarò. Her father...

Colonna is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region of Latium, located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) southeast of...

Palazzo Colonna is a historic building in the center of Marino, in the Roman Castles area of the Metropolitan City of Rome, Italy. Currently, it houses...

The Orsini-Colonna castle (Italian Castello Orsini-Colonna) is a castle in Avezzano, Province of L'Aquila (Abruzzo). Castello Orsini was constructed in...

Paola Colonna (c. 1378 – 3 November 1450) was the lady of Piombino from 1441 until 1445. She was born in Genazzano as the daughter of Agapito Colonna, lord...

Prospero Colonna (1452–1523), sometimes referred to as Prosper Colonna, was an Italian condottiero who was active during the Italian wars and served France...

Lorenzo Onofrio Colonna (1637–1689) was an Italian nobleman of the Colonna family. He was the 8th Duke and Prince of Paliano and hereditary Grand Constable...

Primigenia. A bishop of Praeneste is first mentioned in 313. In 1297 the Colonna family, which had owned Praeneste (then known as Palestrina) from the eleventh...

palace built by a branch of the Colonna family, with the main facade located on the Via del Corso #239 in Rione Colonna in central Rome. It presently houses...

the Church of Santa Maria in Montesanto, under the patronage of the Colonna family. The score was published in 1867. A typical performance lasts a little...

the main panels themselves were eventually sold to the aristocratic Colonna family in Rome, from whom the altarpiece takes its name. The Altarpiece was...

Vespasiano Colonna (c. 1485 – 13 March 1528) was an Italian nobleman and condottiero, a member of the Colonna family. He was the son of Prospero Colonna, duke...

Florian Joseph, Count Colonna-Walewski (French pronunciation: [alɛksɑ̃dʁ kɔlɔna valɛvski]; Polish: Aleksander Florian Józef Colonna-Walewski; 4 May 1810 –...

diplomat and European Commissioner. Guido Colonna di Paliano was born on 16 April 1908 into the Colonna family, from the branch of the Princes of Paliano...

Isabelle, married Prince Marcantonio Colonna, the head of the Colonna family, one of the most ancient Roman family whose history spans nine hundred years...

Colonna is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Catherine Colonna (b. 1956), a French politician Colonna family, some of whom included in...

Anna Colonna (1601–1658) was an Italian noblewoman of the Colonna and Barberini families. She was also the Princess of Paliano. Colonna was born in 1601;...