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He had hired one of the numerous private palaces, the Palazzo Costi, situated on a broad thoroughfare near the point where the Ponte St. Angelo connects Rome proper with that transtiberine suburb known as the Leonine City or Trastavere.
Monte-Cristo's Daughter Edmund Flagg
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The work took him four years to accomplish, and the newly fortified portion was called the Leonine City, after him.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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The first of these is included between the river and the walls of Urban the Eighth from Porta Portese and the new bridge opposite the Aventine to the bastions and the gate of San Spirito; and Trastevere was the last of the thirteen Regions until the end of the sixteenth century, when the so-called Leonine City was made the fourteenth and granted a captain and
Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome 1881
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Thus the two men crossed the Trastavere, and each in turn, emerging from a gate in the wall of the Leonine City, passed out into the marshy country beyond.
Monte-Cristo's Daughter Edmund Flagg
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Before May was out he was once more in Rome in answer to a summons for the Countess Matilda, whose troops held the Leonine City and Trastevere, but when at the end of June the antipope once more gained possession of St. Peter's, Victor again retired to his abbey.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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He deserves to be called the founder of the Leonine City, which he transformed into the most fashionable quarter of Rome.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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Leonine City and a quarter of Trastevere, and which are still in existence.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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During the ceremonies a guard of imperial troops had been placed on or near the bridge of St. Angelo to protect that suburb, then known as the Leonine City.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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But the works on which he especially set his heart were the rebuilding of the Leonine City, the Vatican, and the Basilica of St. Peter.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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On 2 June, 1083, he took possession of the Leonine City, and compelled Gregory VII to seek refuge in the castle of Sant 'Angelo.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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