Find A Grave - Veneto

Albinoni, Tomaso b. June 14, 1671 d. January 17, 1751
Composer. The son of a wealthy Venice merchant, he had the means to devote himself exclusively to music. He considered himself an amateur, although fully trained in his art, and was said to have composed 81 operas, 99 sonatas, 9 sinfonias, and numerous vocal works. He was the first Italian composer to write concertos for the oboe (eight in all). After his death most of his unpublished papers were acquired by the State Library of Dresden, Germany, which was destroyed by Allied bombing during...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Church of San Marco, Venice, Provincia di Venezia, Veneto, Italy
Anthony of Padua, Saint b. 1195 d. June 13, 1231
Roman Catholic Saint. Franciscan Preacher. He holds the record for being canonized in the shortest period of time after his death (less that one year).
Basilica of Saint Anthony, Padua, Provincia di Padova, Veneto, Italy
Plot: In the crypt behind the main altar
Azabombewka (Kaliensky), Sonja b. February 20, 1885 d. February 6, 1907
Russian Aristocracy. It is alleged that she traveled to Venice for carnival in pursuit of unrequited love and unsatisfied in her quest committed suicide with laudanum while in her room at the Danieli hotel. She was interred at the Cimitero di San Michele in Venice beneath a monument created by sculptor Enrico Butti who depicted her as she was found after her death. (Bio by: Iola)
Cimitero di San Michele, Venice, Provincia di Venezia, Veneto, Italy
Bandiera, Attilio b. 1811 d. July 23, 1844
Italian Patriot. Along with his brother Emilio, they were sons of Baron Francesco Bandiera, an admiral in the Austro-Hungarian Navy. They also belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Navy, but from an early age they wanted Italian freedom and unity, and corresponded with members of La Giovine Italia, a patriotic and revolutionary society. They began to spread propaganda among the men of the Austrian navy, and planned to seize a warship, but they were betrayed and fled to Corfu. Rumours reached them of...[Read More] (Bio by: Bunny Boiler)
Basilica di San Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, Provincia di Venezia, Veneto, Italy
Bandiera, Emilio b. 1819 d. July 23, 1844
Italian Patriot. Along with his brother Attilio, they were sons of Baron Francesco Bandiera, an admiral in the Austro-Hungarian Navy. They also belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Navy, but from an early age they wanted Italian freedom and unity, and corresponded with members of La Giovine Italia, a patriotic and revolutionary society. They began to spread propaganda among the men of the Austrian navy, and planned to seize a warship, but they were betrayed and fled to Corfu. Rumours reached them...[Read More] (Bio by: Bunny Boiler)
Basilica di San Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, Provincia di Venezia, Veneto, Italy
Bennett, Eugene Paul b. June 4, 1892 d. April 6, 1970
World War I Victoria Cross Recipient.
Vicenza Crematorium, Vicenza, Provincia di Vicenza, Veneto, Italy
Boccioni, Umberto [memorial] b. October 19, 1882 d. August 16, 1916
Painter, Sculptor, Theorist. The greatest of the Italian Futurists, he celebrated the vitality of the industrial age by seeking to depict time, space, energy, and even sound in his work. Although he was active with that movement only a short period before his premature death, Boccioni's ideas had far-reaching consequences in the development of 20th Century art. His best known masterpieces, the painting "The City Rises" (1910) and the bronze sculpture "Unique Forms of Continuity in Space" (1913)...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Umberto Boccioni Memorial, Chievo, Provincia di Verona, Veneto, Italy
Boccioni, Umberto b. October 19, 1882 d. August 16, 1916
Painter, Sculptor, Theorist. The greatest of the Italian Futurists, he celebrated the vitality of the industrial age by seeking to depict time, space, energy, and even sound in his work. Although he was active with that movement only a short period before his premature death, Boccioni's ideas had far-reaching consequences in the development of 20th Century art. His best known masterpieces, the painting "The City Rises" (1910) and the bronze sculpture "Unique Forms of Continuity in Space" (1913)...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cimitero Monumentale di Verona, Verona, Provincia di Verona, Veneto, Italy
Bordoni, Faustina b. March 30, 1697 d. November 4, 1781
Opera Singer. The most renowned mezzo-soprano of the 18th Century, she was acclaimed throughout Europe for the delicacy and intelligence of her singing, as well as for her great beauty. To her many fans she was known simply as "Faustina". Born into a noble family in Venice, Bordoni studied music with the Marcello brothers and Michaelangelo Gasparini, and made her debut in "Ariodante" (1716). Leaving her native city for an extended tour in 1720, she took Italy, Germany, and Austria by...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Chiesa di San Marcuola, Venice, Provincia di Venezia, Veneto, Italy
Bragadin, Marcantonio d. 1571
Venetian Military Leader. He came from a distinguished Venetian family and became the Captain of Famagusta when it was under Venetian control. From September 16, 1570 to August 1, 1571 Famagusta came under siege by the Turks. Marcantonio finally surrendered, but when he and his men came out from behind the city walls the order was given to begin slaughtering. Marcantonio had his ears and nose cut off and was then imprisoned for two weeks before being flayed alive. His skin was stuffed with...[Read More] (Bio by: Bunny Boiler)
Basilica di San Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, Provincia di Venezia, Veneto, Italy
Brittain, Vera b. December 29, 1893 d. March 29, 1970
British pacifist, feminist, poet, and novelist. She was born at Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire. Her father, Thomas Brittain, was a wealthy paper manufacturer, and her mother Edith Bervon. Vera was educated at home by a governess, then at a boarding school in Surrey and finally at Somerville College, Oxford. In 1914 Vera met and fell in love with Roland Leighton, a friend of her only brother, [Read More] (Bio by: julia&keld)
Granezza British Cemetery, Vicenza, Provincia di Vicenza, Veneto, Italy
Plot: Plot 1, Row b, Grave 1
Brodsky, Josef b. May 24, 1940 d. January 28, 1996
Poet. Born a photographer's son in Leningrad, Russia, although the family primarily lived on the income brought in by his mother. As a young child he and his family survived the Siege of Leningrad. After the war he began attending school, though he dropped out at the age of fifteen and began working at the Arsenal defense plant, eventually having thirteen jobs between 1956 and 1962. Some of his more interesting jobs during this time were in a morgue and on a geological expedition. In the late...[Read More] (Bio by: Carrie-Anne)
Cimitero di San Michele, Venice, Provincia di Venezia, Veneto, Italy
Buzzati, Dino b. October 16, 1906 d. January 28, 1972
Author. He was born in San Pellegrino, Belluno, Italy. In 1928, he began his work as journalist. But in the 30s, he began his career as writer. He is best known for his book "Il Deserto dei Tartari." Other of his works "Barnabo delle Montagne," "I Sette Messaggeri," "Il Colombre," "Un Caso Clinico," "La Famosa Invasione degli Orsi in Sicilia" and "Tre colpi alla Porta." He died in Milan. He was cremated. (Bio by: Jos� L Bernab� Tronchoni)
Villa Buzzati, Belluno, Provincia di Belluno, Veneto, Italy
Plot: Family Grave.
Canova, Antonio b. 1757 d. 1822
Italian sculptor.
Antonio Canova, born in Possagno, in the Republic of Venice on 1 November 1757, was considered the greatest sculpture of his time in Europe. His father died when he was three and his mother remarried, sending him to live with his paternal grandparents. His grandfather, Pasino Canova, was an accomplished stonecutter and sculptor and taught Antonio the profession. His skill caught the attention of wealthy and powerful people who financed his studies in Rome, where he spent...[Read More] (Bio by: Dan)
Iglesia de Santa Mar�a Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice, Provincia di Venezia, Veneto, Italy
Catherine of Siena b. March 25, 1347 d. April 29, 1380
Roman Catholic Saint. Born Catherine Benicasa, she was the youngest of a very large family. Her father, Giacomo, was a prosperous wool-dyer. During adolescence she became attracted to prayer and solitude. At the age of sixteen she gained admittance to the Third Order of St. Dominic. The rules of this group allowed her to dress in the black and white habit of a Dominican nun while remaining in her own home. For three years she never left her room, except to go to mass and confession, and spoke...[Read More] (Bio by: Bunny Boiler)
Basilica di San Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, Provincia di Venezia, Veneto, Italy
Cavalli, Pietro Francesco b. February 14, 1602 d. January 14, 1676
Composer. He gave the word "opera" its present meaning. Beginning with its creator, Jacopo Peri, Italian music theatre had been referred to as "dramma per musica". Cavalli broke with this tradition by calling his first theatrical work, "Le Nozze di Teti" (1639), an "opera-scenica" ("scenic work"). Eventually shortened to "opera", this phrase became the name of the genre. Cavalli is also credited with introducing the "bel canto" style of singing, which emphasized long, smoothly-flowing...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Church of San Marco, Venice, Provincia di Venezia, Veneto, Italy
Chios, Saint Isidore Of
Saint. He brought christianity to the Island of Chios.Isidore was martyred under Decius in 251 AD and his Feast Day is May 15th. His remains were taken from Chios to Venice in the 12th century. (Bio by: girlofcelje (inactive))
Church of San Marco, Venice, Provincia di Venezia, Veneto, Italy
Ciconia, Johannes b. 1370 d. July, 1412
Composer, Theorist. An important figure in music's transition from the Medieval to Renaissance periods. Belgian by birth, he spent most of his life in Italy and his surviving output blends Franco-Flemish and Italian inflences. This was a step in the growing "internationalism" that had its first great synthesis under Guillaume Dufay. Ciconia was born in Liege, the illegitimate son of a priest, and trained as a choirboy there. In 1391 he was in Rome, where Pope Boniface IX personally absolved him...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Basilica of Saint Anthony, Padua, Provincia di Padova, Veneto, Italy
Cimarosa, Domenico b. December 17, 1749 d. January 11, 1801
Composer. One of the leading creators of opera buffa, or Italian comic opera, of his era. His stage works were widely popular for their vivacity and sparkling melodies. During the early 19th Century he was often ranked with Mozart and Haydn, though today only his masterpiece, "Il matrimonio segreto" (1792), remains in the repertory. The son of a poor bricklayer, Cimarosa was born in Aversa, Italy. On the strength of his precocious musical gifts he was awarded a scholarship at the Naples...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Chiesa di Sant' Angelo (Defunct), Venice, Provincia di Venezia, Veneto, Italy
Plot: Site demolished in 1837
Diaghilev, Serge (Sergei Pavlovitch) b. March 19, 1872 d. August 19, 1929
Impresario. He was probably the greatest ballet director in history. Diaghilev ran his own company, the Ballet Russes, from its first performance in 1909 to its last in 1929. He conceived of music, set design, and costume as equal, integral aspects of the dance, and persuaded many great composers, choreographers, and artists to help realize his ideas. In the process his company raised ballet from a secondary entertainment to the status of a vital contemporary art. Diaghilev is...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cimitero di San Michele, Venice, Provincia di Venezia, Veneto, Italy
Plot: Greek Orthodox Section

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