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John of Procida

(Encyclopedia)John of Procida prōˈchēdä [key], c.1225–c.1302, Italian conspirator, lord of the island of Procida. He was an ardent supporter of the Hohenstaufen cause in Sicily and attempted to secure the isl...

Andria

(Encyclopedia)Andria änˈdrēä [key], city, in Apulia, S Italy. It is an agricultural and service center, handling wine, olives, and almonds. Andria was founded in the 11th cent. It w...

Alfonso VII, Spanish king of Castile and León

(Encyclopedia)Alfonso VII (Alfonso the Emperor), 1104–57, Spanish king of Castile and León (1126–57), son and successor of Urraca. He recovered the places in Castile that his stepfather, Alfonso I of Aragón, ...

Felix

(Encyclopedia)Felix, Roman deacon, antipope (355–56). Emperor Constantius II, an Arian, set him up to replace Liberius. He is wrongly known as Felix II. ...

Kanellopoulos, Panayotis

(Encyclopedia)Kanellopoulos, Panayotis pänäyôˈtēs känālōˈpo͞olōs [key], 1902–86, Greek writer and political leader. A professor of sociology at the Univ. of Athens, he was active in World War II in the...

Melchites

(Encyclopedia)Melchites or Melkites both: mĕlˈkīts [key], members of a Christian community in the Levant and the Americas, mainly Arabic-speaking and numbering about 250,000. They are in communion with the pope ...

Bologna

(Encyclopedia)Bologna bōlôˈnyä [key], city, capital of Emilia-Romagna and of Bologna prov., N central I...

Kunigunde, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Kunigunde, Saint: see Henry II, Holy Roman emperor. ...

Foggia

(Encyclopedia)Foggia fôdˈjä [key], city, capital of Foggia prov., in Apulia, S Italy. It is a transporta...

Este, Italian noble family

(Encyclopedia)Este ĕsˈtā [key], Italian noble family, rulers of Ferrara (1240–1597) and of Modena (1288–1796) and celebrated patrons of the arts during the Renaissance. Probably of Lombard origin, they took ...