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    813 martyrs of Otranto canonized by Pope Francis in 2013. Stefano Agricola de Pendinellis was born in 1403 in Galatina and studied in Nardò, where he...
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    A general massacre, of disputed magnitude, occurred. Archbishop Stefano Pendinelli was, by some reports, ordered to be sawn in half. 1611 revolt of Dionysius...
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    with Count Francesco Largo, the garrison commander, and Bishop Stefano Pendinelli, who distributed the Eucharist and sat with the women and children of...
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    Islam. They were canonised by Pope Francis on 12 May 2013. Archbishop Stefano Pendinelli was also martyred. Between August and September 1480, the Italian...
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    following day, still in defense of the city. In August 1480 archbishop Stefano Pendinelli, the priests and 800 citizens of Otranto, when the Turks arrived,...
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