condottiere

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Adjoining the east porch is the Capella Colleoni, the mausoleum of Bartolommeo Colleoni the celebrated condottiere of the fifteenth century, whose equestrian statue in front of the church of SS.

From Cathedral Cities of Italy by Collins, William Wiehe

A body of disbanded mercenaries form themselves into the first condottiere company known in Italy.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 by Johnson, Rossiter

Orazio Baglioni, of the semiprincely Perugian family, was a distinguished condottiere.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 by Johnson, Rossiter

The execution of the condottiere, Fra Moreale, was an act of ingratitude as well as of treachery.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 by Johnson, Rossiter

The subjects of the three panels represent the entry into Jerusalem, and scenes from the stirring times in which the great condottiere played so prominent a part.

From Cathedral Cities of Italy by Collins, William Wiehe