Anicia gens
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The gens Anicia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome, mentioned first towards the end of the fourth century BC. The first of the Anicii to achieve prominence under the Republic was Lucius Anicius Gal
Consular diptych of Anicius Faustus Albinus Basilius, the last regularly-appointed consul (AD 541)
Frangipani family
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The Frangipani family was a powerful Roman patrician clan in the Middle Ages. The family was firmly Guelph in sympathy. The name has many spellings, which include Frangipane, Freiapane, Fricapane and
Anicia gens
…Eastern one; they were, therefore, supporters of the Ostrogothic kings of Italy, and such celebrated by the king Theodahad. In the later Middle Ages, the Frangipani family claimed descent from the Anicii. However, since the first mention of the Frangipanis dates only from 1014, the veracity of this claim has been questioned…
Arms of Frangipani, from a manuscript circa 1700, now in the Biblioteca Estense in Modena
Taddeo Zuccari, Beheading of Saint Paul, 1558–1559, in the Frangipani Chapel of San Marcello al Corso in Rome