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Ajello
Aiello (or Ajello) is a surname of Italian origin. People with the name include: * Annette Aiello (born 1941), American zoologist and botanical entomologist *Antonio Aiello (born 1985), Italian singer *Barbara Aiello, Italian rabbi; first female rabbi in Italy * Beatrice Aiello, Italian actress and artist * Carl R. Ajello (1932–2025), Attorney General of Connecticut *Cedric Aiello, French DJ of mixed Italian-Algerian origin *Danny Aiello (1933–2019), American actor *Danny Aiello III (1957–2010), American stunt man and film actor; son of Danny Aiello * Edith Ajello (born 1944), American politician *Elena Aiello (1895–1961), Italian Roman Catholic nun * Francesco de Aiello (died 1453), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Bari-Canosa, of Todi and Bishop of Cava de' Tirreni * Gaetan Ajello (1883–1983), Italian-born American architect *Gianni Aiello, bassist and vocalist of the American rock music group '' Naked Giants'' *Giovanni d'Aiello (died 1169), Roman Catholic Bishop of Cata ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edith Ajello
Edith H. Ajello (born April 26, 1944) is an American politician and retail store manager. A Democrat, she has served in the Rhode Island House of Representatives since 1993, representing District 1 since 2013, and District 3 from 1993 to 2013. She is also store manager for Rustigan Rugs, an oriental rug outlet in Providence. Early life Ajello was born in 1944 in Fanwood, New Jersey. She earned her BA in psychology from Bucknell University in neighboring Pennsylvania. Career Ajello works as a store manager for V. George Rustigian Rugs in Providence, Rhode Island, and also serves on the boards of the Women's Health & Education Fund, The Coalition to Preserve Choice, and the Mile of History Association (MoHa). Elections *1992 Ajello won the September 15, 1992 Democratic Primary and won the November 3, 1992 General election with 1,995 votes (73.6%) against Republican nominee Homer Shirley. *1994 Ajello was challenged in the September 13, 1994 Democratic Primary, but won, and wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaetan Ajello
Gaetan Ajello (1883–1983) was a New York-based architect. Born in Sicily, Ajello migrated to the United States in 1902. Styles and design Gaetan (Gaetano) Ajello is best known for his architecturally significant apartment houses located on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Ajello designed thirty-eight apartment houses during his twenty-year career, and while most of them have survived intact, some have been altered. He engaged in both Renaissance architecture and Neoclassical architecture styles, but he consistently used limestone and terracotta. He also often included Tiffany-style windowed lobbies in his designs. Ajello also often designed lobbies that would shield from first view the elevators, presenting instead a staircase with a curved balustrade in order to recreate the experience of entering a single-family home. His buildings commonly carry a cornerstone with the carved legend "G. Ajello, Architect". In 1912, '' Architecture and Building'' devoted an entire article t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Of Ajello
Matthew of Ajello () was a high-ranking member of the Norman court of the Kingdom of Sicily in the 12th century. His brother John was a bishop. Career He first appears as the notary of the Admiral Maio of Bari who drew up the Treaty of Benevento of 1156. He rose to prominence in the next reign, that of William II of Sicily, becoming first grand protonotary and then chancellor. Maio groomed Matthew to be his successor and, it was alleged, even used him to get permission from Pope Alexander III in Rome for Maio to succeed William I in 1159. On 10 November 1160, Matthew warned Maio of an impending assassination attempt, but to no avail. While Matthew escaped, Maio was killed by Matthew Bonnellus. In 1162, Matthew interceded to prevent the William I from sacking Salerno. On William's death, he became foremost among the advisors of the queen regent, Margaret of Navarre. After the rebellions of the later years of William's reign, Matthew compiled from memory a vast catalogue of re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Of Ajello
Nicholas of AjelloHe was not a native of Ajello (Calabria), but Salerno. His elder brother, Richard, received the county of Ajello from King Tancred and the name has been applied to the entire family. (; died 10 February 1221) was the second son of the Sicilian chancellor Matthew of Ajello and the archbishop of Salerno from 1181, when he succeeded the historian Romuald Guarna. He was a trusted advisor in the Norman Kingdom of Sicily at the time of its fall to Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1194). Henry was helping his wife Constance I of Sicily press her claim to the Sicilian throne, which had been bequeathed to her by her late nephew William II, King of Sicily. When Henry was marching to besiege Naples in 1191, Salerno sent a letter promising him its loyalty and the Archbishop Nicholas, hostile to Germans, abandoned the faithless city for Naples, where he took control of the city's defences after Richard, Count of Acerra, was wounded. Together, he and the '' ammiratus ammira ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni D'Aiello
John of AjelloAlso spelled "Agello", in Italian ''Giovanni d'Aiello'' or ''Giovanni da Salerno''. His family was from Salerno, but the name "Ajello", which comes from Aiello del Sabato, is applied retrospectively. John's nephew Richard became the first family member to be count of Aiello. (died 4 February 1169) was the Bishop of Catania from November 1167 until his death. He was a brother of the chancellor Matthew of Ajello. Since the death of the last incumbent 1162 the see of Catania had been vacant. In 1167 an election was disputed between William of Blois, one of the French party that had come to Sicily in the following of the chancellor Stephen du Perche, and John, who had the support of the "xenophobe party" opposed to the French. John's election was confirmed by November, when the chronicler Hugo Falcandus referred to him as "''electus''" when implicated him in the poisoning of Robert of Bellême. John's election was confirmed by Pope Alexander III on 26 July 1168. John died ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Aiello
Elena Aiello (10 April 1895 – 19 June 1961) was an Italian religious sister and the founder of the Minim Sisters of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Aiello joined the Sisters of the Most Precious Blood but was forced to leave due to grave health that soon kept her confined to her home where she began experiencing visions of both Jesus Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary as well as saints such as Francis of Paola. Her beatification was celebrated on 14 September 2011. Life Elena Aiello was born on 10 April 1895 during Lent in Cosenza to Pasquale Aiello (22 February 1861 – 16 November 1955), a tailor, and Tereseina Paglilla (d. 1905) as the third of eight children, one died at one. She received her baptism from Father Francesco Benincasa on 15 April in the church of San Domenico as "Elena Emilia Santa Aiello", with her godmother being Maria Genise. During the Procession of Rogations, her mother said that if she had a daughter she would name her in honour of Saint Helena. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piero Aiello
Piero Aiello (born 30 June 1956) is an Italian politician from the New Centre-Right. Since 2013, he serves as Senator of the Parliament of Italy representing Calabria. Biography Political activity In 1994, he joined the Christian Democratic Centre. In 1999 he moved to ''Forza Italia'' and then to the ''Il Popolo Della Liberta'' (), and then joined the New Centre Right in 2013 and then to Alternative Popular. Regional Councilor of Calabria In the 1995, in the regional elections in Calabria, he was elected councilor of the province of Catanzaro. In 1999, he abandoned the CCD and joined ''Forza Italia,'' re-nominated for the 2000 regional election, was re-elected as a councilor and was then reconfirmed also for the 2005 regional elections. At the 2010 regional election, he was elected councilor for the fourth time, and was then appointed regional councilor in the council led by Giuseppe Scopelliti. Election as Senator In the 2013 Italian general election, he was el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piera Aiello
Piera Aiello (; born 2 July 1967) is an Italian police informant and politician known for her stand against the Mafia. She was elected to the Chamber of Deputies. In 2019, she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women. Biography Anti-mafia testimony Aiello was born in Partanna, Sicily, in 1967. In 1985, whilst in her teens she was forced to marry the son of a mafia boss, Nicola Atria. Her father-in-law, Vito Atria was killed nine days after they married. She did not love her husband and took the pill to avoid giving birth to a child. Her husband found out and raped her. Her husband was killed in 1991 and she and her three-year-old daughter witnessed the killing. She decided to name her husband's killers, a decision supported by her sister-in-law Rita Atria and antimafia magistrate Paolo Borsellino. The judge was later killed in the Via D'Amelio bombing on 19 July 1992, less than two months after his colleague Giovanni Falcone had been killed. Aiello felt abandoned by her sister a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renato D'Aiello
Renato D'Aiello is an Italian saxophonist who lives in the United Kingdom. Albums ''Like Someone in Love'' was recorded with Damon Brown and features seven songs, among them well-known titles like Like Someone in Love and I Remember You. Of his record ''Sintetico'', with Nicola Muresu on bass, Keith Copeland on drums and Andrea Pozza on piano, the '' Guardian'' critic wrote: "D'Aiello's weighty, behind-the-beat sound shows how a poetic imagination can rekindle a long-gone style without nostalgia". Discography As leader * ''Introducing'' ( Spotlite, 2001) * ''The Invisible Session'' (Schema Schema may refer to: Science and technology * SCHEMA (bioinformatics), an algorithm used in protein engineering * Schema (genetic algorithms), a set of programs or bit strings that have some genotypic similarity * Schema.org, a web markup vocab ..., 2006) * ''Sintetico'' (33 Jazz, 2007) * ''Between Two Worlds'' (33 Jazz, 2013) * ''Satori: The Angel'' (33 Jazz, 2015) As sideman * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luigia Carlucci Aiello
Luigia (Gigina) Carlucci Aiello (also published as Luigia Carlucci and Luigia Aiello, born 1946 in Cerreto d'Esi) is an Italian computer scientist, emeritus professor of artificial intelligence at Sapienza University of Rome. Education and career Aiello received a classical high school diploma in Fabriano. After earning a 'laurea' in applied mathematics from the University of Pisa and a diploma from the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa in 1968, in 1970 she became a researcher for the National Research Council (CNR) in Pisa. In that period she went twice on sabbatical leave to work with John McCarthy at Stanford University: the first time in 1973-74 with her husband, computer scientist Mario Aiello; after his death in 1976, she returned to Stanford in 1979-80. She is the mother of computer scientist Marco Aiello. She became a professor in 1981, initially at Marche Polytechnic University, and joined Sapienza University of Rome in 1982, becoming professor of artificial intelligen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie C
Leslie may refer to: * Leslie (name), a name and list of people with the given name or surname, including fictional characters Families * Clan Leslie, a Scottish clan with the motto "grip fast" * Leslie (Russian nobility), a Russian noble family of Scottish origin Places Canada * Leslie, Saskatchewan * Leslie Street Leslie Street is a north-south route in Toronto and York Region, Ontario, Canada. It is distinctive because of its four unconnected segments. History The road has a long history and dates back to 1850s Toronto Nursery that was run by Georg ..., a road in Toronto and York Region, Ontario ** Leslie (TTC), a subway station ** Leslie Street Spit, an artificial spit in Toronto United States *Leslie, Arkansas *Leslie, Georgia *Leslie, Michigan *Leslie, Missouri *Leslie, West Virginia *Leslie, Wisconsin *Leslie Township, Michigan *Leslie Township, Minnesota Elsewhere * Leslie Dam, a dam in Warwick, Queensland, Australia * Leslie, Mpumalanga, South Africa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
