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seneschal
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seneschal
1. a steward of the household of a medieval prince or nobleman who took charge of domestic arrangements, etc.
2. Brit a cathedral official


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The posthumous volumes were edited by Alciato's nephew and literary heir Francesco Alciato, who praises Truchsess for the way he has contained the spread of Protestantism in his diocese--an echo perhaps of Andrea's own leanings towards the empire and the papacy in the later part of his life.
Beatriz Garcia Albrecht von Truchsess, US Press Office METRO Group Spokesman Fax: (212) 515 -1949 Fax: +49 (0)211 68 86 - 20 00 Phone (212) 515-1998 Phone: +49 (0)211 68 86 - 29 47 Email: bgarcia@gavinanderson.
The simple identification of the cardinal protectors, starting with Cardinal Otto Truchsess von Waldburg, followed by Ferdinando de' Medici and a series of papal nephews (Alessandro Peretti Cardinal Montalto, Ludovico Ludovisi, and Antonio Barberini), was important for Tridentine and post-Tridentine music and the development of the reformed, simpler style.
 
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