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Hanno elephant Wikipedia ~ Hanno Italian Annone c 1510 – 8 June 1516 was the pet white elephant given by King Manuel I of Portugal to Pope Leo X born Giovanni de Medici at his coronation Hanno an Asian elephant came to Rome in 1514 with the Portuguese ambassador Tristão da Cunha and quickly became the Popes favorite animal
The Popes Elephant Silvio A Bedini 9780140288629 ~ The Popes Elephant by Silvio A Bedini historian emeritus at the Smithsonian Institution describes Hannos powerful effect on the Papal Court and on the Roman citizenry This elephanttrained to kneel dance weep and trumpet on commandled parades and entertained at public festivals and was commemorated in paintings poetry and sculpture
The Popes Elephant 9781879941410 Silvio A ~ The Popes Elephant by Silvio A Bedini is a fun book although it does not quite deliver the promise of the subtitle on the cover It is not really about the journey of an elephant from deep in India to the heart of Rome
The Popes Elephant Washington Examiner ~ Pope Alexander was—according to legend—so pleased with Berninis elephant that on its completion he celebrated the man who gave Rome Hanno in the first place— Portuguese king Manuel I—by
The Popes Elephant Eyes of Rome ~ A drawing by Raphael of the Popes Elephant The most notable gift from the king of Portugal was an Asian elephant named Hanno which quickly became the Popes favorite pet
The Popes Elephants by Silvio A Bedini Goodreads ~ The Popes Elephants In 1514 Rome the Eternal City was the center of the Christian world and home and workshop to Raphael Leonardo and Michelangelo It was also the city of Pope Leo X the pleasureloving pontiff whose court was infamous for its excess frivolity and impropriety as well as for its newlyarrived white elephant Hanno
Popes Elephant Adventures Under the Vatican Context ~ There’s an elephant—a Pope’s elephant—buried under the Vatican Of all all the treasures beneath this hallowed ground such as the Vatican necropolis and the tomb of Saint Peter this may be the most surprising and unexpected
The Pope’s Elephant Part 1 Portugal Resident ~ The elephant was of course Hanno who had been trained to dance to the music of pipes and to respond to commands in both Konkani and Portuguese As well as these exotic animals the mission to Rome included horses and mules for transport seventy dignitaries with their servants and other attendants – 143 men in all
The Pope the Condom and the Elephant Catholic Culture ~ The elephant then is this huge gigantic enormous conviction—whether welcome or unwelcome—that the Pope has put the Church’s teaching on contraception in jeopardy
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