Vittoria Colonna
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Vittoria Colonna, Marchioness of Pescara, was an Italian noblewoman and poet. As an educated and married noblewoman whose husband was in captivity, Colonna was able to develop relationships within the
Vittoria Colonna, by Sebastiano del Piombo, c. 1520
Vittoria Colonna, drawing by Michelangelo. Colonna was approximately 50 and Michelangelo 65 at the time of the drawing.
The title page of a 1559 edition of Colonna's poetry.
Le Rime Spiritvali Della Illvstrissima
Colonna family
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The House of Colonna is a prominent Italian family, forming part of the papal nobility. It played a pivotal role in medieval and Renaissance Rome, supplying one pope, 23 cardinals and many other churc
Vittoria Colonna
…but experienced a strong spiritual renewal and remained devoutly religious for the rest of her life. Colonna was born at Marino in 1492, a fief of the Colonna family in the Alban Hills, near Rome. She was the daughter of Fabrizio Colonna, grand constable of the Kingdom of Naples, and of Agnese da Montefeltro, daughter…
Palazzo Colonna in Rome (begun by Pope Martin V, to this day residence of the family)
Oddo Colonna (1368–1431), Pope Martin V (1417–1431)
Prospero Colonna (1452–1523), condottiero once held as the best general in Italy.