With no male heirs, he is currently to be succeeded as Duke of Gravina by his unmarried brother Benedetto ( b. 1956 ), then by his cousin Don Raimondo Orsini d ' Aragona ( b. 1931 ), whose heir is Don Lelio Orsini ( b. 1981 ).

* January 4 – Benedetto, Duke of Chablais, Italian general in the French Revolution ( b. 1741 )

# Prince Benedetto Maria Maurizio of Savoy ( 1741 – 1808 ), Duke of Chablais (- 1796 ) and Marquis of Ivrea ( 1796 – 1808 ).

Late in 1613, Galileo's former student Benedetto Castelli, a Benedictine monk, wrote to Galileo about the events at a recent dinner with the Grand Duke Cosimo II de ' Medici, he then wrote a letter to Justin the German Artist.

The only Marquis of Ivrea was Benedetto of Savoy ( who later fought in the French Revolutionary wars ).

The oldest surviving Polo manuscript is in Old French heavily flavoured with Italian ; for Benedetto, this " F " text is the basic original text, which he corrected by comparing it with the somewhat more detailed Latin of Ramusio, together with a Latin manuscript in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana.

Born in Venice, Benedetto Marcello was a member of a noble family and his compositions are frequently referred to as Patrizio Veneto.

His own literary eminence, the opportunities enjoyed by him as a member of the celebrated Accademia della Crusca for making known his critical taste and classical knowledge, and the social relations within the reach of a noble Florentine so closely allied with the great house of Capponi, sufficiently explain the intimate terms on which he stood with such eminent men of letters as Lorenzo Magalotti, Benedetto Menzini, Gori and Francesco Redi.

Although an academic philosopher and never an active member of any Marxist political party, his thought exerted influence on many political theorists in Italy during the early 20th century, including the founder of the Italian Liberal Party, Benedetto Croce and one of the leaders of the Italian Communist Party, Antonio Gramsci.

The idea for the Abruzzo National Park arose in the years following World War I thanks to the work of Erminio Sipari, environmentalist, member of Italian Parliament and cousin of Benedetto Croce.

A proposed husband was Prince Benedetto Maria Maurizio of Savoy, her first cousin and a member of the House of Savoy.

* Richard Benedetto, retired White House correspondent / columnist for USA Today, political columnist for Gannett News Service

His father, Benedetto, a jurist of good family and distinguished ability, was murdered by political antagonists for adopting the cause of Piero de ' Medici in Montepulciano ; this circumstance gave his eldest son, Angelo, a claim on the House of Medici.

This decision led to a split by those Radicals who were more keen on an alliance with the centre-right: this group, led by Benedetto Della Vedova, launched the Liberal Reformers and joined the House of Freedoms, eventually merging into Berlusconi's The People of Freedom party.

# Maria Anna of Savoy ( 17 December 1757 – 11 October 1824 ) married Prince Benedetto of Savoy in 1775, no issue.

The person credited with the second vermouth recipe, Antonio Benedetto Carpano from Turin, Italy, chose to name his concoction " vermouth " in 1786 because he was inspired by a German wine flavored with wormwood, a herb most famously used in distilling absinthe.

Among the seven cardinals created by Martin IV was Benedetto Gaetano, who afterwards ascended the papal throne as the famous Pope Boniface VIII.

Pope Boniface VIII ( c. 1235 – 11 October 1303 ), born Benedetto Gaetani, was Pope of the Catholic Church from 1294 to 1303.

Benedetto was born in 1235 in Anagni, c. 50 kilometres southeast of Rome.

Upon Benedetto's return from England, there is an eight-year period in which nothing is known about his life, after which Benedetto was sent to France to supervise the collection of a tithe in 1276 and then became a papal notary in the late 1270s.

During this time, Benedetto accumulated seventeen benefices that he was permitted to keep when he was promoted, first to cardinal deacon in 1281 and then ten years later to cardinal-priest.

There is a legend that Benedetto Gaetani was responsible for Celestine V's renunciation of the papacy by convincing him that no person on the earth could go through life without sin.

A contemporary, Bartholomew of Lucca, who was present in Naples in December 1294 and witnessed many of the events of the abdication and election, said that Benedetto Gaetani was only one of several cardinals who pressured Celestine to resign.

However, it is also on record that Celestine V resigned by his own design after consultation with experts, and that Benedetto merely showed that it was allowed by Church law.

Either way, Celestine V vacated the throne and Benedetto Gaetani was elected in his place as pope, taking the name Boniface VIII.

Benedetto Gaetani was elected pope the next day, Christmas Eve, 24 December.

A conspiracy against Pius IV, headed by Benedetto Accolti the Younger, the son of a cardinal, was discovered and crushed in 1565.

The decline began on 6 August 1284, when the numerically superior fleet of Pisa, under the command of Albertino Morosini, was defeated by the brilliant tactics of the Genoese fleet, under the command of Benedetto Zaccaria and Oberto Doria, in the dramatic naval Battle of Meloria.

Blessed Pope Innocent XI ( 16 May 1611 – 12 August 1689 ), born Benedetto Odescalchi, was Pope from 1676 to 1689.

Benedetto Odescalchi was born at Como in 1611 ( either on 16 or 19 May ), the son of a Como nobleman, Livio Odescalchi, and Paola Castelli Giovanelli from Gandino.

After some revisions between 1853 and May 1854, mostly affecting acts 2 and 3, the opera was presented again in Venice, this time at the Teatro San Benedetto.

The 17th century was the great age of etching, with Rembrandt, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione and many other masters.

The Medici's rise to power was chronicled in detail by Benedetto Dei.

Mizar, in the Big Dipper ( Ursa Major ), was observed to be double by Giovanni Battista Riccioli in 1650 ( and probably earlier by Benedetto Castelli and Galileo ).

Mizar, in Ursa Major, was observed to be double by Giovanni Battista Riccioli in 1650 ( and probably earlier by Benedetto Castelli and Galileo ).

* Chiesa di San Benedetto The St. Benedict church was originally part of monastery from 7th – 9th centuries, connected to a massive aqueduct whose remains are still visible today.

The popularity of the story was bolstered by the powerful philosopher-critic Benedetto Croce who greatly admired the tale.

The Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello di Venezia was named after him.

It was not until some time after his death that the enemies of his son first alleged that he was not of the family of La Scala, but was the son of Benedetto Bordone, an illuminator or schoolmaster of Verona ; that he was educated at Padua, where he took the degree of M. D.

The obverse of George IV's penny shows a rather fine left-facing laureated head engraved by William Wyon after the king expressed a dislike for the one engraved by Benedetto Pistrucci which was used on the farthing, inscribed, while the reverse shows a right-facing seated Britannia with a shield and trident, inscribed.

* A set of eight subjects ; after Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione.

He headed a family workshop, including his brother Benedetto, sons Carlo and Gabriele that remained active after his death in Venice in 1588.

In 1949, after the fall of the fascist regime, at the suggestion of Benedetto Croce the Lincean Academy recovered its independence.

Born in San Giorgio Albanese ( Mbuzati ) and educated in Corsini Seminary in San Benedetto Ullano, after many polemics with local priest he went to exile in Rome in 1861 and there he published in 1862 his long lyric poem " Ghiella e Shën Mëriis Virghiër " ( The life of Virgin Mary ).

On the other side, Canossa is remembered in Italy by Benedetto Croce as the first concrete victory after the fall of the Roman Empire of the Pope, who, for the 19th-century historian, represented the Italian people, against the domination of the Germans.

In his work The Count of Monte Cristo, after Benedetto reveals in court that the crown prosecutor Monsieur de Villefort was his illegitimate father, he ( de Villefort ) forfeits his job and he removes his robes because it was a burden and torment to him, using the shirt of Nessus as a metaphor.

This second rule was introduced in the early stages of the second season and is called the " Benedetto Amendment " after player David Benedetto, even though Michael ' Handsome ' Constanza originally used the tactics in Episode 1 of Season 1.

In 1602, shortly after Amor Vincit was completed, Cardinal Benedetto Giustiniani, Vincenzo ’ s brother and collaborator in the creation of the Giustiniani collection of contemporary art, commissioned a painting from the noted artist Giovanni Baglione.

On April 13, 1903 the body of Benedetto Madonia, brother-in-law to police informant Giuseppe DiPrimo ( de Priemo ), was found in a barrel after being brutally tortured.

His brother Salvatore and his son Francesco excelled in the same subjects ; and it is thought that many paintings which are ascribed to Benedetto are only copies after him, or perhaps originals by his son or brother.

In 2006, after a short hiatus, Ten Ton Chicken reemerged on the San Francisco scene for some live performances as a newly formed quartet, with Morrell, Di Benedetto, Fejes and Smeltz carrying the feathery torch.