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Cecilia Maria de Candia

Cecilia Maria de Candia (* born, December 24, 1853, Brighton, England - d. May 26, 1926, Bordighera, Italy), later Mrs Godfrey Pearse, was a British-Italian writer, amateur singer and society hostess.

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The de Candia family was part of the Italian nobility, and at birth, Cecilia Maria was registered as Cecilia Maria de Candia, and Noble Lady (it: Nobile Donna) of the United Kingdom of Italy.

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After sharing homes in London and seasonal time in a Mediterranean residence in the Ligurian region, bordering Monaco and Piemonte, she decided to conduct research work for her next book at her father's home—the Villa Salviati in Tuscany collecting old letters and pictures; short time after she contracted an illness and died in Bordighera, Italy.

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She was the daughter of two famous opera singers, Giulia Grisi and the Cavaliere don Giovanni Matteo de Candia, who sang under the popular name of Mario the tenor.

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In February 29, 1872, at St Pauls, Wilton Grove in the City of London UK, took place the marriage of Cecilia Maria de Candia and Sir Godfrey Robarts Pearse a "fencing champion", descendant of the Baron Robartes.

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