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Oliveto (surname)
Oliveto is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Karen Oliveto (born 1958), bishop in the United Methodist Church * Nils Oliveto (born 1974), Canadian actor, director and screenwriter * Paula Oliveto (born 1973), Argentine lawyer and politician * Pedro Navarro, Count of Oliveto (c. 1460 – 1528), Spanish military engineer See also * Oliveto (other) Oliveto (or Uliveto) may refer to : *Oliveto, Italian for olive grove *Count of Oliveto, a fiefdom of the Kingdom of Naples, in southern Italy * Oliveto (surname), surname Places in Italy *Oliveto Citra, in the Province of Salerno *Oliveto Lario, ... {{surname, Oliveto surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Oliveto
Karen Oliveto (born April 4, 1958) is an American bishop. She is the first openly lesbian bishop to be elected in the United Methodist Church. She was elected bishop on July 15, 2016, at the Western Jurisdictional conference. Her four-year term of service began September 1, 2016 and she currently serves as the bishop of both the UMC's Rocky Mountain and Yellowstone Conferences; she was officially installed on September 24. At the time of her election, she was the senior pastor of Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco. Oliveto is married to Robin Ridenour, who is a deaconess in the United Methodist Church's California-Nevada Conference. Biography Originally from Long Island, New York, she was born on April 4, 1958, and raised in West Babylon, which is on the south shore of Long Island. She grew up in the Babylon United Methodist Church (New York) and had her call to ministry at the age of 11. She preached her first sermon at 16 and began working as a student pastor when she w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nils Oliveto
Nils Oliveto (born December 8, 1974) is a Canadian actor, director, producer, screenwriter, motivational speaker and TV sports broadcaster. Early life Nils Oliveto grew up in Greenfield Park, Quebec (now part of Longueuil). He was actively involved in theatre and improvisation, but his passion was into sports, where he played volleyball and soccer at Royal George High School in Greenfield Park. At 16, he began training seriously as a track and field athlete, and started getting national attention in both the discus and the hammer throw. After graduating from Royal George as the co-president of the Student Council and winning the Athlete of the Year award, he attended Champlain College Saint-Lambert under the tutor of former Czechoslovakian weight-lifting Olympic coach Dr. Emil Muller. In 1993, he earned a spot on the Canadian Jr. National Track and Field Team as a hammer thrower. After completing a degree in Pure and Applied Science in 1995 from Champlain College, Oliveto w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paula Oliveto
Paula Mariana Oliveto Lago (born 10 February 1973) is an Argentine lawyer and politician. She is currently a member of the national Chamber of Deputies elected in the city of Buenos Aires for the 2021–2025 term. She is also president of Civic Coalition ARI (CC-ARI). Early life and career Paula Oliveto was born in Buenos Aires on 10 February 1973, where she attended primary and secondary school. She studied law at the University of Buenos Aires, graduating in 1997, and specialized in state financial administration at the Argentine Budget Association. Pre-political work She directed the Pluralist Foundation's Lisandro de la Torre Center for Transparency in Public and Private Management from 2004 to 2007, and was an auditor of the city of Buenos Aires from 2007 to 2013. In the latter year, she was elected legislator. Legislator of the City of Buenos Aires (2013–2017) Oliveto was elected to the Buenos Aires City Legislature in September 2013, and took office on 10 December. In J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Navarro
Pedro Navarro, Count of Oliveto (c. 1460 – 28 August 1528) was a Navarrese military engineer and general who participated in the War of the League of Cambrai. At the Battle of Ravenna in 1512 he commanded the Spanish and Papal infantry, but was captured by the French. In the service of Francis I of France, he would supervise the French crossing of the Alps before the Battle of Novara in 1513. He is widely regarded as the inventor of modern land mines. Biography Navarro was probably born at Garde in the Navarrese valley of Roncal. Little is known of his early life. He began his military career in the service of Cardinal Juan de Aragon prior to 1485. He fought against the Barbary pirates in Italy as a Condottiere. Enlisted by Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba in 1499, he took part in the capture and siege of Cephalonia in 1500. He invented the landmine and his skilful employment of mines allowed for the breaching of the walls of the Turkish fortress. He continued in the servi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliveto (other)
Oliveto (or Uliveto) may refer to : *Oliveto, Italian for olive grove *Count of Oliveto, a fiefdom of the Kingdom of Naples, in southern Italy * Oliveto (surname), surname Places in Italy *Oliveto Citra, in the Province of Salerno *Oliveto Lario, in the Province of Lecco *Oliveto Lucano, in the Province of Matera *Uliveto Terme, part of the municipality of Vicopisano, in the Province of Pisa *Monte Oliveto Maggiore The Abbey of Monte Oliveto Maggiore is a large Benedictine monastery in the Italian region of Tuscany, 10 km south of Asciano. Its buildings, which are mostly of red brick, are conspicuous against the grey clayey and sandy soil—the ''Crete ..., a monastery in Tuscany, the mother house of the Olivetans * San Pietro in Oliveto, a Roman Catholic church in central Brescia See also * {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |