• Boniface of Valperga (French: Boniface Ier de Valperga, Italian: Bonifacio di Valperga) (died 25 April 1243), venerated as a blessed in the Catholic Church...
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    Guelphs and Ghibellines (category 12th century in the Holy Roman Empire)
    "Elfs" and "Goblins" derive etymologically from Guelphs and Ghibellines. Valperga (1823) is a historical novel by Mary Shelley influenced heavily by both...
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  • missionary bishop and martyr, the "Apostle to the Prussians" Boniface of Valperga (died 1243), venerated Bishop of Aosta Boniface of Brussels (1183–1260)...
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    output, particularly in her novels, which include the historical novels Valperga (1823) and Perkin Warbeck (1830), the apocalyptic novel The Last Man (1826)...
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    Santa Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli (category Roman Catholic churches in Rome)
    proceeded over centuries under the direction, among others, of Bernardino Valperga and Francesco da Volterra. The façade by da Volterra being erected 1582–1593...
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    Tavagnasco Torrazza Piemonte Torre Canavese Traversella Valchiusa Val di Chy Valperga Valprato Soana Vauda Canavese Verolengo Vestignè Vialfrè Vidracco Villanova...
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    Decimal 823.7 LC Class PR5397 .F7 Preceded by History of a Six Weeks' Tour  Followed by Valperga  Text Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus at Wikisource...
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    "Charterhouse" to host a monastery; the large building was designed by M. Valperga, the First Ducal Architect and completed by Juvarra. In 1851 the Monastery...
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    output, particularly in her novels, which include the historical novels Valperga (1823) and Perkin Warbeck (1830), the apocalyptic novel The Last Man (1826)...
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    Belmonte (Italian: Sacro Monte di Belmonte) is a Roman Catholic devotional complex in the comune of Valperga, in the Metropolitan City of Turin (Piedmont...
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  • (Pope Gregory VII and Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, 11th century) Baudolino by Umberto Eco (12th century) Valperga by Mary Shelley (14th century; Guelphs...
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    earliest synod of which there is any record is that held by Bishop Guido de Valperga (1295–1327) on 7 May 1316. Another was held by Bishop Arnaldus de Roseto...
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    Old Castle dates from the Middles Ages, and it belonged to the Counts of Valperga. It has kept two towers, one of which is crenellated and features several...
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    led to the birth of a factory, around the sixteenth century, near Villa Valperga. Other spinning tops were then built along the upper horn, which took the...
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  • (anonymously) Peveril of the Peak Quentin Durward St. Ronan's Well Mary Shelley – Valperga John Wilson – The Trials of Margaret Lyndsay Anonymous – Popular Tales...
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    The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck (category Cultural depictions of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor)
    Betty T. "The Political Philosophy of Mary Shelley's Historical novels: Valperga and Perkin Warbeck". The Evidence of the Imagination. Eds. Donald H. Reiman...
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    Chieri (category Roman towns and cities in Italy)
    declare war on its ecclesiastical liege lord the Bishop of Turin, Arduino Valperga. The town of Turin, the counts of Biandrate, and the lords of Cavoretto...
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    including: Lgb. berga ("mountain") > Berghi (Trient), Berga (Vicenza), Valperga (Turin) Lgb. skuldhaizo ("mayor") > Scaldasole (Pavia), Casale di Scodosia...
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    up by a military architect, Maurizio Valperga. In October 1662, the general of the Theatines replaced Valperga with a pupil of Borromini, Camillo-Guarino...
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    Gauchat, p. 211 with note 4. Valperga belonged to the family of the Conti di Valperga, and was born in the castle of Valperga (diocese of Turin) in 1626...
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    Marquisate of Finale (category Marches of the Holy Roman Empire)
    The Marquisate of Finale was an Italian state of the Holy Roman Empire in what is now Liguria, part of the former medieval Aleramici March. It was ruled...
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    necessary, but the demolition was never done. The engineer Antonio Maurizio Valperga suggested to rebuild the wall around the suburb and further strengthen...
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    Guarino Guarini (category Italian Roman Catholics)
    Sainte-Anne-la-Royale, originally commissioned to Antonio Maurizio Valperga (1605–1688). He thought poorly of Valperga's design–that it would be dark, narrow and lacking...
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    friend and senator of the Kingdom of Italy, Count Enrico San Martino di Valperga. Fascinated by the Italian language and culture, the young Hungarian cadet...
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  • 1992, pp. 142–161. JSTOR “The Chapel of the Beato Amedeo at Vercelli: Valperga, Guarini, Garove (1680-82).” Mitteilungen Des Kunsthistorischen Institutes...
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    Signorelli (1990, p. 21) After World War II it was transformed into the present Roman Cinema. Among his patrons of particular importance was the royal family...
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    Ginguené, ... à un académicien de l’Académie impériale de Turin [l’abbé Valperga de Caluso] sur un passage de la vie de Vittorio Alfieri, 1809 Fables nouvelles...
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  • Valmacca Valmadrera Valmontone Valmorea Valmozzola Valnegra Valpelline Valperga Valprato Soana Valsamoggia Valsavarenche Valsinni Valsolda Valstagna Valstrona...
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    invited Antonio Maurizio Valperga, the military engineer of the House of Savoy, to improve Malta's fortifications. Valperga designed a new fort to be...
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    Jacques-Thomas Astesan, O.P. (9 Jul 1764 Confirmed – 1 June 1778) Charles-Eugène de Valperga de Maglione (20 Mar 1780 – Oct 1800) Jean-Baptiste Colonna d'Istria (11...
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