Faustina was the daughter of consul Marcus Annius Verus and Rupilia Faustina ( a half-sister to Roman Empress Vibia Sabina ).

When Faustina died in 141, Antoninus was greatly distressed.

His body was placed in Hadrian's mausoleum, a column was dedicated to him on the Campus Martius, and the temple he had built in the Forum in 141 to his deified wife Faustina was rededicated to the deified Faustina and the deified Antoninus.

He was less fond of the mistress his grandfather took and lived with after the death of Rupilia Faustina, his wife.

The role of the hero was usually written for the castrato voice ; castrati such as Farinelli and Senesino, as well as female sopranos such as Faustina Bordoni, became in great demand throughout Europe as opera seria ruled the stage in every country except France.

In the 18th century, a number of Italian sopranos gained international renown and often engaged in fierce rivalry, as was the case with Faustina Bordoni and Francesca Cuzzoni, who started a fist fight with one another during a performance of a Handel opera.

He was the son of the reigning emperor, Marcus Aurelius, and Aurelius ' first cousin, Faustina the Younger.

Christian Settipani gives as her parents Marcus Annius Severus, who was a Suffect Consul, and wife Silvana, born circa 140, daughter of Lucius Plautius Lamia Silvanus and wife Aurelia Fadilla, daughter of Antoninus Pius and wife Annia Galeria Faustina or Faustina the Elder.

Lucilla was accompanied by her mother Faustina and M. Vettulenus Civica Barbarus, the half-brother of Lucius ' father.

Mary Faustina Kowalska, whose writings were likewise forbidden, was canonized in 2000, and Antonio Rosmini-Serbati, one of whose works was on the Index, was beatified in 2007.

Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf was never put on the Index, even though Hitler was the target of the Papal Bull Mit Brennender Sorge while the works of other less famous authors, including at least one saint ( St. Faustina Kowalska ), were.

Bury St Edmunds ( Beodericsworth, St Edmund's Bury ), supposed by some to have been the Villa Faustina of the Romans, was one of the royal towns of the Saxons.

Married to soprano Faustina Bordoni and a great friend of librettist Pietro Metastasio, whose libretti he frequently set, Hasse was a pivotal figure in the development of opera seria and 18th-century music.

In 1730 Hasse married Faustina Bordoni, and was also appointed Kapellmeister at the Dresden court, though he did not arrive at Dresden until July 1731 ; earlier in the year he had been active at Vienna, supervising a performance of his oratorio Daniello at the court of the Habsburgs.

The final painting satisfied neither Sopocko nor Faustina, who later wrote that Christ told her it is not that important that the picture be beautiful.

The mother of Jacopo's daughter Marietta Robusti, a portrait painter herself, was probably a German woman, who had an affair with Jacopo before his marriage to Faustina.

Sometime after Herodes Atticus came to Rome from Athens, he was betrothed to an aristocratic wealthy woman called Aspasia Annia Regilla, who was a relative to the wife of Antoninus Pius, Roman Empress Faustina the Elder.

In addition to the distinction of being the first woman to serve as mayor in the City of Sudbury, Hartman also shares the distinction with Dr. Faustina Kelly Cook of being one of the first women to serve on Sudbury City Council.

As empress, Faustina was well respected and was renowned for her beauty and wisdom.

Pomponius Bassus treated Annia Aurelia Faustina well and they both lived in domestic tranquility.

Faustina was the only known daughter of consul and prefect Marcus Annius Verus and Rupilia Faustina.

Pope John Paul II was a follower of the Divine Mercy devotion, due to Saint Mary Faustina Kowalska ( 1905 – 1938 ), who is known as the Apostle of Mercy.

The devotion is due to Saint Mary Faustina Kowalska ( 1905-1938 ), who is known as the Apostle of Mercy.

The Chaplet of the Divine Mercy is a Roman Catholic devotion based on the visions of Jesus reported by Saint Mary Faustina Kowalska ( 1905-1938 ), known as " the Apostle of Mercy.

Even then, " her care for mankind continues and the world can rejoice in the warmth of her daughter Proserpina: in Imperial flesh, Proserpina is Faustina the Younger ", empress-wife of Pius ' successor Marcus Aurelius.

This New Woman Faustina cares nothing for social conventions and dedicates her time to fight social injustice.

In this time he revised Artaserse, composing new arias for Faustina, and also wrote a couple original intermezzi.

The 20 plaster models are the work of Jean-Pierre Fouquet of Paris and were acquired by Soane in 1834 for £ 100, these include: Erechtheion, Tower of the Winds, Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, Pantheon, Rome, Temple of Vesta, Tivoli, Temple of Antoninus and Faustina and the Temple of Portunus, the buildings are depicted as reconstructions not in their current ruined state.

This victory for Commodus is accompanied by a terrible private discovery -- he is not of royal blood, being the product of illicit sex between his promiscuous mother Faustina Minor and a gladiator.

Liesl shows up at Dunstan's room that night, berating him for his inability to handle his attraction to Faustina.

Throughout her life, as a private citizen and as empress, Faustina was involved in assisting charities for the poor and sponsoring and assisting in the education of Roman children, particularly girls.

When Faustina died, Antoninus was in complete mourning for Faustina.

Annia Galeria Faustina Minor ( Minor Latin for the Younger ), Faustina Minor or Faustina the Younger ( 16 February between 125 and 130 – 175 ) was a daughter of Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius and Roman Empress Faustina the Elder.

Her great uncle, the Emperor Hadrian, had arranged with her father for Faustina to marry Lucius Verus.

Faustina ’ s father ended the engagement between his daughter and Verus and arranged for Faustina's betrothal to her maternal cousin, Marcus Aurelius ; Aurelius was also adopted by her father.

Halala ’ s name was changed to Faustinopolis and Aurelius opened charity schools for orphan girls called Puellae Faustinianae or ' Girls of Faustina '.

She also made her Venetian debut in 1718, singing the role of Dalinda in Pollarolo's Ariodante, in which, for the first time, she appeared on the same stage as Faustina Bordoni, later her great rival.

Having appeared at Florence and Milan ( 1719 ), Bologna, Florence and Turin ( 1720 ), and Padua ( 1721 ), she returned to Venice for the season of 1721-22, singing in five operas, including Orlandini's Nerone: she sang Poppea, Faustina Octavia, while the fine contralto Diana Vico was Agrippina.

Later in 1729 she sang at Modena and Venice, and in the autumn of that year, Handel's impresario Heidegger wished to engage both her and Faustina for the new " Second Royal Academy ".

Lautner was quickly admitted to the Fellowship, but he had recently become engaged to a neighbor, Mary Faustina (" MaryBud ") Roberts and could not afford the fees, so Vida approached MaryBud's mother, who agreed to pay for the couple to join the program.

Breaking with tradition for the sacred prayer, the names of the saints canonised by Pope John Paul II, such as Faustina Kowalska and Josemaría Escrivá, were allowed to be included in the litany.

Sister Faustina Kowalska's diary was among the banned books, and it remained on the Index for almost 20 years.