 LeoX., cannot be uninteresting. He was born at his family villa of Casatico, in the territory of Mantua, in the year 1478, and was the son of the Count Cristoforo Castiglione, by his wife Louisa Gonzaga, a near relation of the sovereign family of that...  The Life and Pontificate of Leo the Tenth - Page 111by William Roscoe - 1827Full view - About this book
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