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The fact that Don Egidio's amenities were mainly exercised on the mill-hands composing his parish proved the genuineness of his gift. It is easier to simulate gentility among gentlemen than among navvies; and the plain man is a touchstone who draws out all the alloy in the gold. Among his parishioners Don Egidio ruled with the cheerful despotism of the good priest.
The Emperor Henry comes into Italy The Florentines take the part of the pope The Visconti originate the duchy of Milan Artifice of Maffeo Visconti against the family of de la Torre Giovanni Galeazzo Visconti, first duke of Milan The Emperor Louis in Italy John, king of Bohemia, in Italy League against the king of Bohemia and the pope's legate Origin of Venice Liberty of the Venetians confirmed by Pepin and the Greek emperor Greatness of Venice Decline of Venice Discord between the pope and the emperor Giovanna, queen of Naples Rienzi The jubilee reduced to fifty years Succession of the duke of Milan Cardinal Egidio the pope's legate War between the Genoese and the Venetians.
It is to a painter less mystical, but not less visionary, that we come in the work of Paolo Uccello, the great "Battle" , of which two variants exist, one in the Louvre, the other, the most beautiful of the three, in the National Gallery. It is, as some have thought, a picture of the Battle of S. Egidio, where Braccio da Montone made Carlo Malatesta and his nephew Galeotto prisoners in 1416.
A word or two on S. Egidio, the church of the great hospital of S. Maria Nuova, might round off this chapter, since it was Folco Portinari, Beatrice's father, who founded it. The hospital stands in a rather forlorn square a few steps from the Duomo, down the Via dell' Orivolo and then the first to the left; and it extends right through to the Via degli Alfani in cloisters and ramifications.
Spaniardism culminated in Bourbonism, and this, again, reached its climax in the closing years of the eighteenth century, when the conditions of south Italy baffled description. This lazzaroni-period was the debacle of holiness. So true it is that our gods reflect the hearts that make them. The Venerable Fra Egidio, a native of Taranto, is a good example of contemporary godliness.
I sat in the little room, with Roberto's burning hand in mine. Gradually his skin cooled, the fingers grew quiet, and the flush faded from his sallow cheek-bones. Toward dusk he looked up at me and smiled. "Egidio," he said quietly. I administered the sacrament, which he received with the most fervent devotion; then he fell into a deep sleep.
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