Word: esteban
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...each his scarlet biretta-the four-cornered, pinched-top cap-then heard their oaths to defend conscientiously the papal bulls concerning nonalienation of the possessions of the Roman Church, nepotism, papal elections, and cardinalitial dignity. Last May 30, two Spanish prelates were elevated to the scarlet: Eustachio Ilundain y Esteban, Archbishop of Seville, and Vincenzo Casanova y Marzol, Archbishop of Granada. The day before Cardinal Hayes' arrival, before an immense throng of royalty, nobility, ambassadors and Holy Year pilgrims packed in the great basilica of St. Peter's, the five new cardinals heard Pius XI order from...
...play is full of contrasts and tragic ironies that grow with reflection. The struggles of Raimunda to protect her daughter and the honor of her family; the useless resistance of Esteban to the "envious, evil mind" that is controlling his life; the guilty love of Acacia for her stepfather, concealed until the last moment under a mask of hate; and the remorseless jealously of the dead, that finally confounds sweet-heart and enemy in one final ruin-these are the elements that, under Benavente's touch, take life and from upon the stage. The slow movement of the tragedy affords...