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10 unusual facts about Sabina


Alan of Farfa

Alan may have been a native of Aquitaine or perhaps just a member of an Aquitanian family established in the Sabina.

Antonio Lamberto Rusconi

He served as a relator of the S.C. of Good Government from 1775 and as such, he visited several localities of the Papal States in the provinces of Sabina, Marittima e Campagna, Benevento and Pontecorvo.

Benedict of Farfa

Two charters from 802 and 804 show that Benedict and his predecessor Mauroald financed the military service of two brothers from the Sabina, Probatus and Picco, sons of Ursus of the Pandoni family, who were serving the army of Charlemagne then targeting the Principality of Benevento.

Collevecchio

Collevecchio borders the following municipalities: Civita Castellana (VT), Magliano Sabina, Montebuono, Ponzano Romano (RM), Stimigliano, Tarano.

Federico Baldeschi Colonna

With Panciroli's patronage he was appointed Governor first of Faenza, then of Sabina and then finally of Fabriano.

Fulcoald of Farfa

During the first decade of Fulcoald abbacy he cultivated a close relationship with Duke Lupo of Spoleto, who in turn was a close ally of King Ratchis, a fact which seems to have greatly increased the abbey's patronage by the greater landowners of the Sabina.

Gran Bel Fisher

Gran Bel Fisher (born Jesse Littleton) is an American singer-songwriter from Sabina, Ohio.

Ingoald

In 817 Pope Stephen IV issued a bull claiming that Farfa's lands lay within the Papal patrimonium sabinense (Sabine patrimony) and under Papal ius (jurisdiction), and that therefore the abbey owed the Holy See an annual rent (pensio) of ten gold solidi.

Mauroald

Two charters from 802 and 804 show that Mauroald and his successor Benedict financed the military service of two brothers from the Sabina, Probatus and Picco, sons of Ursus of the Pandoni family, who were serving the army of Charlemagne then targeting the Principality of Benevento.

Thomas of Maurienne

With a small group of disciples and divine guidance, Thomas found the ruins of a basilica in a deserted region in the Sabina.


Cardinals created by Leo X

# Lorenzo Campeggio, bishop-elect of Feltre – cardinal-priest of S. Tommaso in Parione (received the title on 24 January 1518), then cardinal-priest of S. Anastasia (1520?), cardinal-priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (27 April 1528), cardinal-bishop of Albano (5 September 1534), cardinal-bishop of Palestrina (26 February 1535), cardinal-bishop of Sabina (28 November 1537), † 19 July 1539

Costache Ioanid

1940- While reading the Bible on a bench in the park, is noted by Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand which invites him to the Lutheran Church pastored by Richard Wurmbrand.

David Galeano Olivera

Mr. David Galeano Olivera lives in Capiatá, Central department with his wife Sabina (specialist in Guarani) and his four children Edgar, Norma, Jorge and Anai.

Decimus Valerius Asiaticus

Among those charges was adultery with Poppaea Sabina, mother of Roman empress Poppaea Sabina.

Draquila – L'Italia che trema

Sabina Guzzanti caricatures Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and is critical of the government, especially Berlusconi and Guido Bertolaso, the chief of the Protezione Civile.

George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Sabina, Electress of Brandenburg
Sophie, Duchess of Legnica
Barbara
Dorothy Catherine, Burgravine of Meissen
George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Guzzanti

Paolo Guzzanti (b. 1940), Italian journalist and politician; father of Corrado, Sabina and Caterina

Lamoral, Count of Egmont

His family's stature increased further in 1544 when, at Spires, in the presence of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and of the Archduke Ferdinand I, he married the Countess Palatine Sabine of Simmern, whose brother became the Elector Palatine Frederick III.

Lords von Scheidt genannt Weschpfennig

Engelberts eldest son Johann, born in 1441, married Agnes Anna Sabina von Leyen at Leyen (most likely Haus Leyen in Engelskirchen).

Magliano Sabina

Magliano Sabina borders the following municipalities: Calvi dell'Umbria, Civita Castellana, Collevecchio, Gallese, Montebuono, Orte, Otricoli.

María Sabina

Many 1960s celebrities visited María Sabina, including rock stars such as Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

The Mexican rock group Santa Sabina is named for her, and El Tri, one of the first and most successful rock groups in Mexico, dedicated the song María Sabina to her, proclaiming her "un símbolo de la sabiduría y el amor" ("a symbol of wisdom and love").

Niven Busch

Busch appears in the film The Unbearable Lightness of Being, playing the role of "Old Man" in the scene in which Sabina (Lena Olin) receives the letter informing her of Tómas and Tereza's deaths.

Orgasmic Birth: The Best-Kept Secret

The soundtrack was created by John McDowell (composer of the score for the documentary Born Into Brothels), with additional composition by Sabina Sciubba (of the group Brazilian Girls).

Patrick Bernard Malone

He was twice married: firstly to Mary Sabina Benkut of Bavaria, and secondly to Anetta Slater.

Publius Cornelius Lentulus Scipio

He married the elder Poppea Sabina, the mother of the younger Poppaea Sabina, the future wife of Nero.

Sabina de Iturbide y Huarte

Doña Sabina de Iturbide y Huarte, Princess of Mexico (born 1808 in Valladolid, Michoacán – died 1871) was a Mexican princess during the short-lived First Mexican Empire and a member of the Imperial House of Iturbide.

Sabina Franklyn

Sabina Franklyn (born 15 September 1954) is an English actress, and the daughter of William Franklyn and Margo Johns.

Sabina Jeschke

Sabina Jeschke (born 27 July 1968 in Kungälv, Sweden) is a German university professor for Mechanical Engineering at the RWTH Aachen University.

Sabina Moya

Sabina Moya Rivas (born January 27, 1977 in Turbo, Antioquia) is a retired female javelin thrower from Colombia.

Sabina of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Sabina was the daughter of George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1484–1543) from his second marriage to Hedwig of Münsterberg-Oels (1508–1531), daughter of the Duke Charles I of Münsterberg-Oels.

Sabina of Brandenburg-Ansbach (12 May 1529 – 2 November 1575 ) was a princess of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Electress of Brandenburg by marriage.

Sabina Spielrein

Both plays were preceded by the Off Broadway production of Sabina (1996) by Willy Holtzman.

Sheba Chhachhi

Chhachhi was also a part of the 1998 documentary, 'Three Women and a Camera' directed by Sabina Gadhioke, about three women photographers in India, Sheba Chhachhi, Dayanita Singh and Homai Vyarawalla.

Silvius I Nimrod, Duke of Württemberg-Oels

Silvius was the son of Duke Julius Frederick of Württemberg-Weiltingen and Anna Sabina of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg.