Word: aldobrandini
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...crowds waited, pushed for better positions, hissed at one another gutturally, as is the moda of the displeased Roman, in the Ducal Hall of the Vatican Pius XI donned his ceremonial vestments; prepared to set out accompanied by his religious and secular court, by Princes Orsini, Boncompagni, Massimo, Aldobrandini. On the way to St. Peter's there joined this group the Noble Guard, the Knights of the Cape and Sword, all the Cardinals in Rome, Patriarchs from the East, white-mitred abbots, purple-clad canons of St. Peter's, Swiss Guards, Palatine Guards, members of religious orders in sombre habits...
Margherita of Savoy, mother of the present King Victor Emmanuel III, Queen Mother of Italy, and darling of the Italian people, sold the Villa Aldobrandini, her historic residence in Rome to the Crown Prince Humbert, namesake of her assassinated husband...
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