Sirani, G. Andrea, Elisabetta's father,
ii. 369-his conduct to Lucia To-
lomelli, 377-withdraws his accu-
sation against Lucia, 387
Sirani, Anna Maria, Elisabetta's
sister, ii. 369

Sirani, Barbara, Elisabetta's sister,
ii. 369-is ill with fever, 379
Sirani, Margherita, Elisabetta's mo-
ther, ii. 375

Sixtus IV., Pope, i. 102-his lineage,
103-his character, 104-whether
guilty of the Pazzi conspiracy, 136
-his designs on Ferrara, 153—
his fraudulent granaries, 155-his
violence to the court of the Rota,
158-condemns a painter to death,
159-implacability towards the
Colonna, 161-his despair at the
conclusion of peace, 164-and
death, 165

Sleep, St. Catherine's abstinence from,
i. 78

Soderini, Giovanni Vettorio, his ex-
traordinary letter, 336
Soldiers, trade in, by little princes of
Italy, i. 240

Sonnets, theological, of Vitt. Colonna,
i. 362, et seq.-character of, 332–
specimen of Vitt. Colonna's, 333, et
seq.

Stella, Catherine's sister, her mar-
riage, i. 193

Stigmata, miracle of the, i. 47
Strozzi Filippo, his character, ii. 11
-his connection with Tullia d'Ara-
gona, ii. 12

Strozzi, Matteo, envoy to Venice, ii.

295

Squadrone volante, in the Conclave,
ii. 362

Vasto, Marchese del, educated by Vitt.
Colonna, i. 306-death of, 391
Venetian senate, their conduct on
hearing the Duke's marriage with
Bianca Cappello, ii. 295 - their
reply to Bianca's remonstrances,
311

Venice, festivities at, i. 148
Verri, his history of Milan, i. 400-
his sentiments on the assassination
of Duke Sforza, i. 119
Vigne, delle; Pietro, i. 10
Villach, Charles V. at, ii. 170
Villeggiatura, Italian hahit of, ii.
330

Virgin, sonnet to, by Vitt. Colonna,
i. 375

Virgin della Bruna, carried from
Naples to Rome, i. 294

Visconti, extinction of, in Milan, i.

451

Visconti, C., assassin of the Duke, i.
117

Visconti, Pietro, recent editor of
Vitt. Colonna's works, i. 278

W.

Woman, her social position a test of
civilisation, i. v — woman's love
should not outlive esteem, 342
Works, good; what sort the church
requires, i. 360

Writing, art of, miraculously acquired
by St. Catherine, i. 58

Z.

Zocchejo, Melchior, Castellano of
Ravaldino, his character, i. 177-his
death, ib.