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San Angelo

(Encyclopedia) San AngeloSan Angelosăn ănˈjəlō [key], city (1990 pop. 84,474), seat of Tom Green co., W Tex., where two forks join to form the Concho River; laid out 1869, inc. 1903. It is an…

Mai, Angelo

(Encyclopedia) Mai, AngeloMai, Angeloänˈjālō mī [key], 1782–1854, Italian philologist and, from 1838, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. As an official at the Ambrosian Library in Milan and the…

Secchi, Pietro Angelo

(Encyclopedia) Secchi, Pietro AngeloSecchi, Pietro Angelopyĕˈtrō änˈjālō sĕkˈkē [key], 1818–78, Italian astronomer, a Jesuit priest. He was director of the observatory of the Gregorian Univ., Rome,…

Beolco, Angelo

(Encyclopedia) Beolco, AngeloBeolco, Angeloänjĕˈlō bāôlˈkō [key], 1502–42, Italian actor and playwright. While managing farms belonging to his family, Beolco had much contact with Paduan peasants,…

Castel Sant' Angelo

(Encyclopedia) Castel Sant' AngeloCastel Sant' Angelokästĕlˈ säntänˈjālō [key], Hadrian's Mausoleum, or Hadrian's Mole, massive round construction on the right bank of the Tiber in Rome. Originally…

Politian

(Encyclopedia) Politian: see Poliziano, Angelo.

Il Ruzzante

(Encyclopedia) Il Ruzzante: see Beolco, Angelo.

Brewer's: Angelo

(See Michael Angelo.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Angelo and RaffaelleAngelites A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y…

Hadrian's Mausoleum

(Encyclopedia) Hadrian's Mausoleum or Hadrian's Mole: see Castel Sant' Angelo.

Poliziano, Angelo

(Encyclopedia) Poliziano, AngeloPoliziano, Angeloänˈjālō pōlētsēäˈnō [key], or PolitianPolitianpōlĭshˈən [key], 1454–94, Italian poet, philologist, and humanist. Of middle-class origin, he was given…