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Castiglione (surname)
Castiglione () is an Italian habitational name from any of numerous places named with this word, from medieval Latin ''castellio'' (genitive ''castellionis'') ‘fortification’, ‘small castle’.http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Castiglione-family-history.ashx People with the surname include: People with the surname * Godffredo da Castiglione, Pope Celestine IV died Rome, 10 November 1241 * Baldassare Castiglione (1478–1529), Italian Renaissance writer and diplomat, best known for ''The Courtier'' book * Giovanni Castiglione (1420-1460), Italian bishop and cardinal * Giovanni Battista Castiglione (1516–1598), Italian tutor to Princess (later Queen) Elizabeth I * Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (1609–1664), Italian (Genoese) painter and printmaker * Giovanni Francesco Mauro Melchiore Salvemini di Castiglione (1704-1791), Italian mathematician * Giuseppe Castiglione (Jesuit) (1688–1766), Italian painter and Jesuit missionary * Pierre François Charles Augereau, duc de Castig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Language
Italian (''italiano'' or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. Together with Sardinian, Italian is the least divergent language from Latin. Spoken by about 85 million people (2022), Italian is an official language in Italy, Switzerland (Ticino and the Grisons), San Marino, and Vatican City. It has an official minority status in western Istria (Croatia and Slovenia). Italian is also spoken by large immigrant and expatriate communities in the Americas and Australia.Ethnologue report for language code:ita (Italy) – Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.), 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version Itali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia Oldoini
Virginia Oldoïni Rapallini, Countess of Castiglione (22 March 1837 – 28 November 1899), better known as La Castiglione, was an Italian aristocrat who achieved notoriety as a mistress of Emperor Napoleon III of France. She was also a significant figure in the early history of photography. Early life Virginia Elisabetta Luisa Carlotta Antonietta Teresa Maria Oldoïni Rapallini (french: Virginie Élisabeth Louise Charlotte Antoinette Thérèse Marie Oldoïni) was born on 22 March 1837 in Florence, Tuscany to Marquis Filippo Oldoïni Rapallini and Isabella Lamporecchi, members of the minor Tuscan nobility; she was often known by her nickname of "Nicchia". Ignored by her father, she was educated by her grandfather Ranieri Lamporecchi. She married Francesco Verasis, Count of Castiglione, at the age of 17. He was twelve years her senior. They had a son, Giorgio. Her cousin, Camillo, Count of Cavour, was a minister of Victor Emmanuel II, King of Sardinia (that included also Piedmont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castigliano
Castigliano is a surname. Notable persons with that name include: * Carlo Alberto Castigliano (1847–1884), Italian mathematician and physicist * Caroline Castigliano (born c.1960), British fashion designer * Eusebio Castigliano (1921–1949), Italian football player See also * Castigliano's method * Castiglione (surname) Castiglione () is an Italian habitational name from any of numerous places named with this word, from medieval Latin ''castellio'' (genitive ''castellionis'') ‘fortification’, ‘small castle’.http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Castiglione-family-h ... {{surname, Castigliano Italian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castiglioni
Castiglioni is an Italian surname. People with this surname include: * Giannino Castiglioni (1884–1971), Italian artist * Achille Castiglioni (1918–2002), Italian architect and industrial designer * Livio Castiglioni (1911–1979), Italian architect and industrial designer * Pier Giacomo Castiglioni (1913–1968), Italian architect and industrial designer * Francesco Saverio Castiglioni (1761–1830), Pope Pius VIII * Goffredo da Castiglione / Godfrey Castiglioni (died 1241), Pope Celestine IV * St. Buono Castiglioni (818–822), Bishop of Milan * St. Honoratus Castiglioni (568–572), Bishop of Milan * Arturo Castiglioni (1874–1952), Italian-American medical historian * Camillo Castiglioni (1879–1961), Austrian financier and banker * Consuelo Castiglioni, b. 1959, Chilean-Italian fashion designer * Luis Alberto Castiglioni Soria, former vice president of Paraguay * Niccolò Castiglioni (1932–1996), Italian composer and pianist See also * Palazzo Castiglioni (di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punisher
The Punisher (Francis "Frank" Castle, born Castiglione) is an antihero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Gerry Conway and artists John Romita Sr. and Ross Andru. The Punisher made his first appearance in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #129 (cover-dated February 1974), originally depicted as an assassin and adversary of the superhero Spider-Man. The character is depicted as an Italian-American vigilante who employs murder, kidnapping, extortion, coercion, threats of violence, and torture in his campaign against crime. Driven by the deaths of his wife and two children, who were killed by the mob for witnessing a killing in New York City's Central Park, the Punisher wages a one-man war on crime. A veteran (originally of the Vietnam War''Punisher'' #6 (Marvel Comics, 2000). and later updated alternately to the fictional Siancong War and the Iraq War) U.S. Marine Corps Scout/Sniper in Force Recon, Castle is skilled in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvatore Castiglione
Salvatore Castiglione (21 April 1620 – 1676) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was born in Genoa, the brother and pupil of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (baptized 23 March 16095 May 1664) was an Italian Baroque painter, printmaker and draftsman, of the Genoese school. He is best known now for his etchings, and as the inventor of the printmaking technique of monotypi ..., and he painted landscapes and pastoral subjects. He also completed a highly finished etching representing the '’Resurrection of Lazarus’' (1645). Sources * • Jaco Rutgers, 'Not Giovanni Benedetto but Salvatore Castiglione', ''Print Quarterly'', vol. XXI, no. 2, June 2004, pp. 163–164. 1620 births 1676 deaths Artists from Genoa 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian engravers Italian Baroque painters {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Castiglione
Nancy Castiglione (born Nancy Jane Castiglione on February 24, 1981) is a Canadian former actress and singer who worked in the Philippines. Personal life She had a relationship with Luis Manzano. She was also linked to actor Empoy Marquez, performer Jeffrey Tam and Hayden Kho. The couple have twins together. Career GMA 7 contracted and launched her as one of the mainstream actresses in the TV series, '' Sana Ay Ikaw Na Nga'' with Dingdong Dantes and Tanya Garcia Tanya Katherine Rosales Lyttle-Lapid (born August 5, 1981), known professionally as Tanya Garcia (), is a Filipina actress. She became a household name after playing Cecilia in one of the longest running soap operas of GMA Network, '' Sana ay .... Her exemplary acting performance qualified her for the award as Best New Female Actress in the Star Awards. After taking some hiatus from limelight, Castiglione reinvents herself and found solitude reflecting on the things she wanted to do in the future. She doesn't want ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Castiglione (politician)
Giuseppe Castiglione (born 5 October 1963) is an Italian politician. He is the son-in-law of the politician and journalist Giuseppe Firrarello. Biography He has been a member of the Management Committee of the USL 39 - Bronte (1984–89) and President of the USL Guarantors Committee 39. He was a municipal councilor of Bronte from 1989 to 1992 for the Christian Democracy, and in 1996 he was elected to the Sicilian Regional Assembly with the United Christian Democrats, with 8,487 votes of preference. He served as regional Assessor for Industry of the Sicilian Region from 1996 to 2000, initially in the centre-right governments led by Provenzano (1996–98) and Drago (1998), later in the centre-left governments led by Capodicasa (1998-2000). In 1998 he joined the Union of Democrats for Europe; subsequently, in 2000, he joined Forza Italia. On 24 June 2001, he was re-elected to the ARS on the Forza Italia list with 18,087 votes, the most voted candidate in that election. He was ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Castiglione (athletic Director)
Joseph Robert Castiglione (born October 8, 1957) is vice president for Intercollegiate Athletics Programs and Director of Athletics at the University of Oklahoma. Since his arrival at Oklahoma in April 1998, the school has won a total of twenty-two national championships in football (2000); softball (2000, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022); men's golf (2017); men's gymnastics (2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018); and women's gymnastics (2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022). Among his earliest and best-known moves as OU's AD came in December 1998 with the hiring of head football coach Bob Stoops. Castiglione's decision quickly paid off as Stoops, a first-time head coach, immediately began work rejuvenating a program that had experienced a 10-year decline. Within two seasons, Stoops guided OU to its first national football title in 15 years and first conference championship since 1987. After 18 seasons that included 10 Big 12 titles, victories in all four BCS games (Orang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Castiglione
Joseph John Castiglione (born March 2, 1947) is an American radio announcer for the Boston Red Sox baseball team,Joe Castiglione at quinnipiac.edu, URL accessed August 20, 2009 an authorAlumnus makes call Sox fans waited decades to hear at baseball-reference.com, URL accessed August 20, 2009 and lecturer. Early life and career Castiglione was born in , and graduated from |
Pete Castiglione
Peter Paul Castiglione (February 13, 1921 – April 22, 2010) was an infielder in Major League Baseball player for eight seasons from 1947 to 1954. Born on February 13, 1921, he initially signed a baseball contract to play for the Pittsburgh Pirates out of High School, and then played three seasons in the minor leagues from 1940 to 1942, before joining the United States Navy during World War II. After the war, he returned to the Pirates' organization in 1946, joining the major league club during the 1947 season. He played for the Pirates until June 14, 1953, when he was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals for Hal Rice. Castiglione played the rest of 1953 season and the 1954 season in the Cardinals' organization. He played an additional five seasons in the minor leagues before retiring from baseball. After his baseball career, he moved to Pompano Beach, Florida where he worked for the postal service The mail or post is a system for physically transporting postcards, letters, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Castiglione (1829–1908)
Giuseppe Castiglione (1829–1908) was an Italian artist known for genre paintings and portraits. Castiglione was born in Naples, Italy. He moved to Paris early in his career and is thought to have studied painting there. He started exhibiting his paintings in Paris and Turin."Giuseppe Castiglione, (1829–1908)" Lawrence J. Cantor & Company. Retrieved 27 February 2008. He was a member of the Sociétaire des Artistes and was awarded honorable mention at the 1861 exhibition. He was awarded a medal at the Salon exhibition of 1869. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
