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Italy a town called Corneto, and a mile from that, perhaps, another named Turchina, which is all that remains of the old town in which
The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic Arthur Gilman
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Dante placed it on a near footing with Hell, noting of one choice spot in the underworld that, "Even the beasts who abound in the wilds between Cecina and Corneto [i.e., the heart of the Maremma] would call this inhospitable."
The Other Tuscany Richard Nalley 2010
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Giovanni Vitelleschi of Corneto was at first apostolic notary, then bishop of Recanati, and afterward patriarch of Alexandria; but at last, becoming a cardinal, he was called Cardinal of Florence.
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Tarquinii, the modern Corneto, where vases in the most archaic style, resembling those of Corinth, or those called Doric, have been found.
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We find it twice on a large piece of ornamental leather contained in the celebrated Corneto treasure preserved in the Royal Museum at Berlin; also on ancient pottery found at Konigsberg in the Neumark and preserved in the
The Non-Christian Cross An Enquiry into the Origin and History of the Symbol Eventually Adopted as That of Our Religion John Denham Parsons
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We had indeed once before met with them of equal size in the lime-beds at _Corneto_.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 Various
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Civita Vecchia, Corneto, and Tolfa, containing five thousand troops, were taken into possession by two hundred marines and seamen of the Culloden and Minotaur; and General Bouchard, with the troops of his Sicilian Majesty, took possession of Rome: but the French general refused to treat with any other than a British commander.
The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 2 James Harrison
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Carlo Avolta of Corneto on one occasion, opening an Etruscan tomb at
Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood Hugh Macmillan
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Toscanella and united with that of Porto, but in 1854, with Corneto, it was made an independent see.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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Civitavecchia and Corneto, DIOCESE OF (CENTUMCELLARUM ET CORNETANA) is an important and fortified Mediterranean seaport, in the province of Rome.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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