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NOVARA , `a See also:town and episcopal see, of See also:Piedmont, See also:Italy, See also:capital of the See also:province of Novara, 31 M. by See also:rail W. of See also:Milan, 538 ft. above See also:sea-level. Pop. (1906) 37,962 (town), 48,694 (See also:commune). See also:Railways diverge hence to Varallo Sesia, See also:Orta, See also:Arona (for Domodossola), Busto Arsizio, Milan, See also:Vigevano and See also:Vercelli. Previous to 1839 Novara was still surrounded by its old See also:Spanish ramparts, but it is now an open, See also:modern-looking town. See also:Part of the old citadel is used as a See also:prison. The See also:cathedral See also:dates from the 4th See also:century (?), but (with the exception of the octagonal See also:dome-roofed See also:baptistery belonging to the first part of the loth century, and separated from the See also:west end by an See also:atrium) was rebuilt between 186o and 187o after designs by See also:Antonelli; the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of S Gaudenzio, dedicated to See also:Bishop Gaudentius (d. 417), who is buried under the high See also:altar, rebuilt by Pellegrino Tibaldi about 1570, has a See also:baroque campanile and a dome 396 ft. high, the latter added by Antonelli in 1875—1878; and See also:San Pietro del See also:Rosario is the church in which the papal See also:anathema was pronounced against the followers of Fra Dolcino. The two first contain pictures by Gaudenzio See also:Ferrari. The See also:city also contains handsome See also:market-buildings erected in 1817-1842, a large See also:hospital dating from the 9th century and a See also:court-See also:house constructed in 1346. The town has also a museum of See also:Roman antiquities. The See also:principal See also:industry is the See also:carding and See also:spinning of See also:silk; there are also See also:iron-See also:works and foundries, See also:cotton See also:mills, See also:rice-husking mills, See also:organ factories, dye-works and See also:printing works.
Novara, the See also:ancient Novaria, according to See also:Pliny a See also:place of See also:Celtic origin, according to See also:Cato (but wrongly) of Ligurian origin, was a municipal city, and See also:lay on the road between Vercellae and See also:Mediolanum. Its rectangular See also:plan may well be a survival of Roman days. Dismantled in 386 by See also:Maximus for siding with his See also:rival Valentinian, it was restored by See also:Theodosius; but it was afterwards ravaged by Radagaisus (405) and See also:Attila (452). A dukedom of Novara was constituted by the See also:Lombards, a countship by See also:Charlemagne. In 1110 the city was taken and burned by the See also:emperor See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry V. Before the See also:close of the 12th century it accepted the See also:protection of Milan, and thus passed into the hands, first, of the See also:Visconti, and, secondly, of the Sforzas. In 1706 the city, which had See also:long before been ceded by Maria Visconti to Amadeus VIII. of See also:Savoy, was occupied by the Savoy troops. At the See also:peace of See also:Utrecht it passed to the house of See also:Austria with the duchy of Milan; but, having been occupied by See also:Charles See also:Emmanuel in 1734, it was granted to him in the following See also:year. Under the See also:French it was the See also:chief town of the See also:department of Agogna. Restored to Savoy in 1814, it was in 1821 the See also:scene of the defeat of the Piedmontese by the Austrians, and in 1849 of the more disastrous See also:battle which led to the See also:abdication of
Charles See also:Albert and an See also:Austrian occupation of the city. The painter Gaudenzio Ferrari was a native of Novara; and so was See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter Lombard. (T.
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