Word: madruzzo
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...pauses to note Augustine's surprise when he found that Ambrose could read silently to himself-a rare skill in the ancient world. Discussing the opening of the Council of Trent, the great 16th century Catholic assembly that began the Counter Reformation, he observes how Christoforo Madruzzo, the host bishop, opened the meeting with a 74-dish banquet and 100-year-old wine. After dinner, Madruzzo led off the dancing with ladies...
...Emanuel Madruzzo, "Cardinal and Archbishop of Trent and Secular Prince of the Trentino" had "a suite of 500 gentlemen splendidly attired in rich and bizarre liveries" and "squandered his wealth, since in him the race [of Madruzzo] would be extinguished and the principality left without an heir...
Filiberta Madruzzo, the Cardinal's niece, is "a beautiful and innocent girl" and "heiress to all the family wealth," yet he heartlessly imprisons her, "yielding perhaps to the threats or prayers of Claudia...
When the mob's sentimental and superstitious demands for the exile of Claudia are brought to Cardinal Madruzzo, he exclaims in amazement and scorn: "I supposed that the people desired a material diminution of taxes, a free distribution of food. ... Go and tell them that Emanuel Madruzzo does not obey the orders...
...CLAUDIA PARTICELLA, THE CARDINAL'S MISTRESS: GRAND ROMANCE OF THE DAYS OP CARDINAL EMANUEL MADRUZZO-Benito Mussolini-A. & C. Boni ($2.00). *Today just such chairs are to be found in the sumptuous residence of Dictator Mussolini, no longer Socialist but Fascist...