Word: matteo
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...daughter Virginia is an unusual candidate for feminist sainthood. She was the first of Galileo's illegitimate children, born to his Venetian mistress Marina Gamba. Virginia and her younger sister had no social standing and no marital future. They were cloistered at the Convent of San Matteo, located near Galileo's home in the outskirts of Florence. A son, Vincenzio, frittered away his youth and musical talent before settling down to raise a family...
...Matteo Segalla '98 is a visiting student living in Lowell House...
Santino ("Half-Nose") Di Matteo (now an informer...
...Palermo prison amid cheering crowds of police officers. "The police were absolutely joyous last night," says TIME's Greg Burke. "A victory celebration broke out when he was brought in, especially since he had killed three of their own." Brusca is also charged with the murder of Giuseppe Di Matteo, the 11 year-old son of Santino Di Matteo, a former Mafiosi who became a government witness. Brusca allegedly first kidnapped the boy to end his father's collaboration, but when that didn't work, strangled him and threw his body in a vat of acid. "He is considered...
Years pass, and Sophie eventually takes her son and daughter back to Europe to be educated. But when she learns that Matteo is ill, she returns to India and decides to investigate the past life of the Mother. "I will make a connection between what you believe and what I know," she tells her husband. Her research turns up an engaging tale of the feisty young girl, half-French, half-Egyptian, who eventually became the Mother. But this half of Journey to Ithaca does not mesh convincingly with the saga of Sophie and Matteo; it seems less a tale within...