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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Ravenna
In 1509 Julius II attempted to retake all of Romagna that was held by the Venetians, and sent the Duke of Urbino with an expedition.
The Venetians governed Ravenna by provveditori and podestá.
In 1527, notwithstanding their alliance with Clement VII, the Venetians occupied Ravenna and the Romagna, which, however, they were compelled to restore in 1529.
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 Ravenna on Encyclopedia.com
After a period of Venetian domination, the city returned to papal control in 1509.
Ravenna rose to importance under the Romans, who made Classis, its port, the station for their fleet in the N Adriatic.
135,844), capital of Ravenna prov., in Emilia-Romagna, N central Italy, near the Adriatic Sea (with which it is connected by a canal).
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 MOSAICS OF SAN VITALE. Free term papers for college, book reports and research papers. Welcome to Essay Express
For this reason they have occasionally been identified as the imperial commander-in-chief of Italy, Belisarius, and his wife, Antonina.
In the ancient liturgy of Ravenna, all these saints are mentioned in the so-called diptychs, the Book of Life, listing the names of those whom the church wishes to remember at every Mass (Ills.
Since San Vitale was begun under Ecclesius and consecrated by Maximian, the work spanned about two decades and took place under four bishops and two radically different political and religious regimes, one Ostrogoth and Arian and the other Byzantine and Orthodox.
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 AllRefer.com - Guibert of Ravenna (Roman Catholic Popes And Antipopes) - Encyclopedia
Guibert of Ravenna, Roman Catholic Popes And Antipopes
In 1080, after Gregory excommunicated the emperor, Guibert summoned a council that declared the pope deposed and chose Guibert to replace him.
Emperor Henry IV made him archbishop of Ravenna (1072), and Guibert continued to intrigue against Gregory VII.
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 Ravenna
1080 Wibbert of Ravenna chosen as anti-pope Clemens III
1512 Battle at Ravenna: France under Gaston de Foix beat Spanish Army
554 Ravenna becomes seat of Byzantines milt governor in Italy
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