| Famous Sardinians; This is a list of famous people born in the island of Sardinia | |
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| Babborcu | Jun 13 2014, 12:05 AM Post #81 |
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Benedetta of Cagliari Benedetta (c. 1194 – 1232/1233) was a Judge (Ruler) of the independent Sardinian Reign of Giudicato of cagliari, during the Middle Ages. She was the daughter and heiress of William I of Cagliari and Adelasia, daughter of Moroello Malaspina. She succeeded her father in January or February 1214. She was consecrated in 1214 by Riccus, Archbishop of Cagliari, in the presence of the higher clergy and the grandees. She swore an oath not to diminish the territory of the giudicato, nor to alienate its castles, nor to make foreign alliances without their consent. Then, on 14 June, she married Barisone III of Arborea, son of Peter I, who was imprisoned by her father. He took the dynastic name "Torchitorio V" and they ruled their two giudicati jointly, each being cited in the acts of the other in their own giudicato. Then, Benedetta made homage to the Holy See. With Archbishop Riccus, the bishop of Sulcis, and her husband, she made many donations to the churches of S. Giorgio di Suelle and the church of Sulcis. Benedetta favoured natives over Pisans for positions in her government and preferred to cultivate the economy of Sardinia than that of the Republic of Pisa. In 1215, the wrath of Pisa fell on her. In that year, Lambert Visconti, then judge of Gallura, landed a large army near Cagliari and took the dominating hilltop of S. Gilla, fortifying it. Benedetta was subsequently forced to flee her capital for the interior. In June 1216, she made a donation to the cathedral of Pisa in hopes of procuring their support, but in 1217, Lambert's brother, Ubald I Visconti, forced her to accept terms surrendering Cagliari. She received the giudicato back as fief from the consul of Pisa. However, violence between Sardinians and Pisans escalated in Cagliari and Benedetta and Barisone made an alliance with Comita III of Torres and the Republic of Genoa in hopes of expelling the Pisans. In her opposition to Pisa, however, Benedetta found support in Pope Honorius III. In February 1217, he annulled the election of the Pisan Marianus, then bishop of Suelli, to the archdiocese of Cagliari. In his place he sent Ugolino dei Conti, Cardinal Bishop of Ostia and Apostolic Legate to Corsica and Sardinia. He also urged Milan to aid Marianus II of Torres. In that spring, Barisone died and in 1218 Ubald arranged for his widow to contract a new marriage with the widowered Lambert, her one-time conqueror, in hopes of bringing peace to Cagliari. On 9 April 1220, the two were married, but the pope immediately pronounced his annulment. In December 1224, Benedetta renewed the oath of homage to the Holy See to Goffredo, the papal legate. She agreed to pay an annual tribute of twenty pounds of silver to the Holy See and not to contract any other marriage without papal approval and blessing. If she were to die without heirs, the pope would inherit Cagliari. The following years were ones of peace. In 1225-1226, Benedetta included her son William in several donations to various churches. But in the latter year, war began anew with Lambert's heir, Ubaldo II. In the following years, in order to protect herself from Ubaldo, she married twice more, both times without papal permission. Her third husband (1227) was Enrico di Ceola, a Pisan of the Capraia family who soon gained papal favour. Her fourth husband was Rinaldo de Glandis and their marriage was declared valid. Nevertheless, violence in Cagliari forced her to move to the castle of Santa Igia and then to Massa, her ancestral home. There she died, late 1232 or early 1233. By February 1233, Pope Gregory IX had given Massa and Potenzolo to Ugo di Procaria, while Cagliari was divied between the Visconti, Capraia, and Donoratico, Pisan families. Her heir was William. He reigned, but never ruled. Her sister Agnes and her husband, the aforementioned Marianus of Torres, held the regency. |
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| caesium | Jul 7 2014, 01:54 AM Post #82 |
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Carlo Cercignani ![]() Carlo Cercignani (June 17, 1939, Teulada Sardinia – January 7, 2010, Milan, Lombardy) was a mathematician known for his work on the kinetic theory of gases. His contributions to the study of Boltzmann's equation include the proof of the H-theorem for polyatomic gases. The Cercignani conjecture is named after him. He is the author of several monographs and more than 300 papers in kinetic theory, as well as of a biography of Boltzmann. Cercignani was member of the French Academy of Sciences and of the Accademia dei Lincei. He received the Humboldt Prize in 1994. Selected publications Kinetic theory *Cercignani, C.; Illner, R.; Pulvirenti, M. (1994). The mathematical theory of dilute gases. Applied Mathematical Sciences 106. New York: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 0-387-94294-7. MR 1307620. *Cercignani, C. (1988). The Boltzmann equation and its applications. Applied Mathematical Sciences 67. New York: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 0-387-96637-4. MR 1313028. *Cercignani, C. (1990). Mathematical methods in kinetic theory (2nd ed.). New York: Plenum Press. ISBN 0-306-43460-1. MR 1069558. History of science *Cercignani, C. (1998). Ludwig Boltzmann. The man who trusted atoms. With a foreword by Roger Penrose. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850154-4. MR 1700775. Edited by caesium, Jul 7 2014, 01:55 AM.
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| Algueres | Jul 14 2014, 07:30 PM Post #83 |
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Bianca Pitzorno![]() Bianca Pitzorno is a writer born in Sassari in 1942. After a formal education in archeology and classical literature, Pitzorno began her career producing television programs. She became an author of books for girls at the age of 28, and has so far produced over 40 novels and picture books for children and teenagers, as well as plays for theater, and screen and song lyrics. About one third of her books have been translated, often into several languages. Regarded as Italy’s most important living author, Pitzorno unashamedly writes primarily for and about girls. Pitzorno’s interest in history and the classics is readily evident in many of her works. Many are historical novels, although her favorite period is that of her own childhood, the late 1940s and early 1950s. She regards this period as Italy’s own childhood, “a period of new beginnings…of material deprivation combined with exciting plans for the future”, and she believes that the connection between the country’s “infancy” and her characters’ development is one reason why her books are so popular. She also makes use of fantasy settings and fairy tale like settings in an unspecified historical era. Polissena del Porcello [Polisenna and Her Pig], for instance, begins with the young girl’s discovery that she is not the daughter of the couple who have raised her. She returns to the orphanage from which she is adopted to seek clues about the identity of her biological parents. She finds a “baby” on the doorstep, but the baby turns out to be a piglet. Polisenna sets off on her quest for her parents, pig in tow, making for a humorous combination of fairytale and epic quest. A left-wing feminist, Pitzorno is convinced that “as a woman, I only know about the interior life of girls.” Her female characters are tough, lively girls, often tomboys who rely on their wits not their feminine charms to resolve the issues they face. They enter adventure stories and quest narratives more usually associated with stories depicting male characters. She responds to criticisms that the complex allusions to classical literary works in many texts are only accessible to middle-class, well-educated readers by referring to Tolkein and his idea that young readers should be challenged to read works they find difficult, books that are “one size too large.” A UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, Pitzorno has been instrumental in establishing a library project with Cuba, which makes works written in Italian as well as works translated from Italian available to children. Many of these books are then distributed throughout the Spanish speaking Caribbean. In the opposite direction, Pitzorno also promotes translations of Cuban literature for Italian children. Edited by Algueres, Jul 14 2014, 07:30 PM.
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| Raingirl | Jul 23 2014, 08:53 PM Post #84 |
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Raimondo Inconis![]() Raimondo Inconis (born Mars 27, 1959 in San Gavino Monreale, Sardinia) is an Italian contrabassoonist. He is widely regarded as one of the preeminent contrabassoon and pedagogues of the 20th and early-21st centuries. Early life Inconis was born in San Gavino Monreale, Italy. He began playing the piano at the age of seven, and shortly afterwards took up the bassoon, studying with Orlando Pittau, at the Cagliari Conservatory, where he graduated with highest honors. Career Estimated and appreciated like tireless and scrupulous investigator of sources biographical and historians of the contrabassoon, there has been employed in 1994 for the publishing house Ricordi of Milan at the achievement of the book: "Il Controfagotto, Storia e Tecnica (The Contrabassoon, history and technique)" - ER 3008 / ISMN 979-0-041-83008-7. |
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| Angioy | Aug 11 2014, 05:48 PM Post #85 |
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Ugo Mulas![]() Ugo Mulas (August 28, 1928 - March 2, 1973) was a photographer noted for his portraits of artists and his street photography. Ugo Mulas began his studies in law in 1948 in Milan, but left to take art courses at the Brera Fine Arts Academy. In 1954 he was asked to cover the Venice Biennale, his first professional assignment. He went on to photograph every Venice Biennale through 1972 and to document his work in an art book. Mulas worked for a number of Italian magazines and did commercial work for advertising campaigns including clients such as Pirelli and Olivetti. In 1959 in Florence, Mulas discovered Veruschka who later became a well-known model and artist. While covering the Spoleto Festival in 1962, Mulas befriended sculptor Alexander Calder, who later became a major subject of Mulas photography and writings. While photographing the 1964 Venice Biennale, Mulas met several American artists, art critics, and the art dealer Leo Castelli. This meeting led to his travel to New York City and his documentation of the Pop art scene. This trip to New York and Mulas' resulting book and exhibits, New York, the New Art Scene became Mulas' best known work. The exhibit included enlargements of Mulas' contact sheets and environmental portraits of Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Barnett Newman and Roy Lichtenstein. ![]() Ugo Mulas with Andy Warhol in 1964 |
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| Pinkulilly | Sep 22 2014, 01:55 AM Post #86 |
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Giovanni Antonio Sanna![]() Giovanni Antonio Sanna (Sassari, 29 August 1819 – Rome, 9 February 1875) was an entrepreneur and politician. Giovanni Antonio Sanna was son of Giuseppe Sanna, a lawyer, and Maria Ignazia Sanna. He migrated in Marseille, France, where he became a merchant. He married Maria Llambi y Casas, a Spanish woman, with whom he had four daughters. In 1860 he became the owner of the Turinese newspaper "Il Diritto". He founded the "Banca Agricola Sarda" (Bank of Agriculture of Sardinia) in 1871. He was elected deputy of parliament of the Italian Kingdom for three legislatures, from 1857 to 1865. He was the 3rd richest man of the Kingdom of Italy, after he became the owner of the Montevecchio Mine, localised in the South West of Sardinia, the main mining site in Italy. He started modern industrial mining activity in the area. |
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| Scarletnight | Sep 28 2014, 07:57 PM Post #87 |
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Denis Marti Denis Marti (born October 4, 1972) is a pornographic film actor and adult film maker. He has performed in over 400 films & directed more than 50 films. He was born in Nuoro, Sardinia. He debuted in the pornography film industry in around 1998, in Spain. He has lived in Prague and now works in Los Angeles. He won the FICEB Ninfa Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2002 for the film Sex Maniaco (International Film Group). |
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| Entula | Oct 10 2014, 01:48 PM Post #88 |
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Valeria Bandino![]() Born in Cagliari (Sardinia), Valeria Bandino started her artistic formation at the age of 5 as a ballet dancer. In 1996 she won a national dance competition. At the age of 18, Valeria was noticed by an agent in Italy and began working as a photo-model and presenter for international shows live on SKY TV and other TV stations. She studied acting at the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin and at the TVI Actors Studios in Los Angeles. Currently based in Dublin, Valeria is a Method actress and voice over artist. |
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| Dust Devil | Nov 8 2014, 06:30 PM Post #89 |
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Igort![]() Igort (born Igor Tuveri in 1958, in Cagliari, Sardinia) is an Italian comics artist and illustrator. |
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| Dust Devil | Nov 8 2014, 06:30 PM Post #90 |
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Francesco Bande![]() Francesco Bande was an ethnologist and musician born in 1930 at Bultei, an agrarian town of the Goceano, in the district of Sassari. He started very young resuming the father passion for the music, changing that in his life sense in a short time. Francesco Bande was an agent of Sardinia in many national and international show, scoring a very big popularity in '60, ever in the top of the hit parade of the period. Also considerable was his artistic manufacture, like recorded disc of folk music in which “Sa Logudoresa Seria”, "Su Passu Torradu", "Sa Danza de Bultei", "Cavalcata Sarda" and other. In the last period of his life, he dead only 58 in Bultei, was involved in a big project production: a Cultural Social Club, a place where artists and musicians was able to meet with other people who was inlove of the sardinia's tradition. He did not have enough time to make real his idea, that become a spiritual testament. Will be the widow and his son Inoria to vivify the Cultural Social Club “Francesco Bande”, today a landmark for the story of Sardinia. |
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