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Oddi (surname)
Oddi is an Italian surname. Notable people with the name include: * Oddi Helgason (c.1070/80 – c. 1140/50), Icelandic farm laborer and astronomer *Angelo Oddi, Canadian songwriter and composer *Ettore Arrigoni degli Oddi,(1867–1942), Italian Count and ornithologist * Emidio Oddi, Italian footballer *Giacomo Oddi Giacomo Oddi (11 November 1679 - 2 May 1770) was an Italian archbishop and cardinal. Biography He was born to a local aristocratic family in Perugia and was ordained a priest on 30 May 1723. He was appointed titular archbishop of Laodicea in Ph ... (1679-1770), Italian archbishop and cardinal * Giuseppe Oddi (1839-1919), Blessed, Italian Roman Catholic Franciscan religious * Mauro Oddi (1639-c. 1702), Italian painter * Muzio Oddi (1569–1639), Italian mathematician and Gnomonist * Ruggero Oddi, Italian physiologist * Silvio Oddi, Italian cardinal and diplomat * Gian Oddi, Italian-Brazilian journalist and soccer commentator See also * Oddie (surname) * Oddy (surnam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oddi Helgason
Oddi Helgason (c.1070/80 – c. 1140/50), called Star Oddi (Icelandic: ''Stjörnu-Oddi''), worked as a farm laborer in the 12th century in northern Iceland and achieved remarkable astronomical knowledge through careful observations. Oddi resumed his work in the '' Oddatala'' where he stated the position of the sun for every day of the year in Iceland and calculated the date of summer and winter solstices and their direction giving a useful source of orientation for sailors, since no navigational instruments were used at that time. Oddi features as the protagonist in the fourteenth century Old Norse-Icelandic tale '' Stjörnu-Odda draumr''. The Oddatala The Oddatala (Icelandic for: ''Oddi's tale'') is the only known written work of Star Oddi. In print, the text is only a couple of pages long divided into three chapters. The first chapter presents the exact date and time of summer and winter solstices with relation to the leap years. In the second chapter, Oddi specifies the sun's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelo Oddi
Angelo Oddi is a Canadian composer, songwriter, and producer. Biography Oddi was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He attended Chaminade Secondary School, and received a degree in Music composition and Psychology at York University in Toronto. Career Oddi has written music for the television programs Sesame Street, Fugget About It, Hi Opie, The Colossal Failure of the Modern Relationship, Baxter, ''Guelph Mercury'', May 23, 2010 Overruled (Family/ Disney), Hammerboy, Ice Storm: The Sale and Pelletier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ettore Arrigoni Degli Oddi
Count Ettore Arrigoni degli Oddi (13 October 1867 – 16 February 1942), was an Italian ornithologist. In 1896 he was elected a member of the British Ornithologists' Union. Ettore Arrigoni degli Oddi was also a "Tring" correspondent. In 1911 he founded the ''Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia,'' (RIO) a scientific journal on ornithology, together with Filippo Cavazza (1886–1953), Francesco Chigi (1881–1953), Alessandro Ghigi (1875–1970), Giacinto Martorelli (1855–1917) and Tommaso Salvadori (1835–1923). The journal still exists today. The contents of volume 1-5 (1911-1920) aronline availableat BHL. Publications In 1898 his first article in an English journal was published: 'Notes on some specimens of Anatidae in the late Count Ninni's collection,' in ''The Ibis''. In 1926 following the introduction of a national game law in for Italy in 1923 Oddi wrote a report on bird protection. He is best known as the author of ''Ornitologia Italiana, con 586 figure intercalat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emidio Oddi
Emidio Oddi (born 22 July 1956 in Castorano) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a defender. Career Oddi played for 8 seasons in the Serie A for Hellas Verona F.C., A.S. Roma and Udinese Calcio. He also played for Roma in the 1983–84 European Cup, scoring a goal in the quarterfinal against BFC Dynamo. He did not play in the final defeat to Liverpool. Honours Verona *Serie B: 1981–82 Roma *Coppa Italia The ("Italy Cup") is an annual knockout cup competition in Italian football organized by the FIGC until the 2009–10 season and the Lega Serie A ever since. History The beginning of the tournament was turbulent, due to the complexity of ...: 1983–84, 1985–86 References 1956 births Living people Italian men's footballers Serie A players Serie B players Fermana FC players AC Ancona players Hellas Verona FC players AS Roma players Udinese Calcio players Pro Sulmona Calcio 1921 players Men's association football defenders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giacomo Oddi
Giacomo Oddi (11 November 1679 - 2 May 1770) was an Italian archbishop and cardinal. Biography He was born to a local aristocratic family in Perugia and was ordained a priest on 30 May 1723. He was appointed titular archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia, and was consecrated a bishop on 24 June 1732. On 9 September 1743 he was made a cardinal by pope Benedict XIV, who gave him the titulus of San Girolamo dei Croati on 5 April 1745. He later took part in the 1758 conclave. On 22 September 1749 he was made archbishop ''ad personam'' of Viterbo and Tuscany, an office he held until his death. On 12 January 1756 he was given the titulus of Sant'Anastasia, which he exchanged on 22 November 1758 for that of Santa Maria in Trastevere and on 12 February 1759 for that of Santa Prassede. He finally settled on the titulus of San Lorenzo in Lucina on 21 March 1761 and served as protopresbyterian cardinal from 1763 until his death in Viterbo in 1770. He was buried in Viterbo Cathedral Viterbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
