CASTELNAU. 29S CASTIGLIONE. videlv, and saw active service with the Fm.ch CASTELVETKANO, ka'stel-v,ytrii'n6 ( Sicil annv ill Itoly, where his ecmrage and ability CaslaUl,, Vclnmo). A town in the I'ruvmce of secured for him the friendship and patronage Trapani, Sicily, Italy, 20 miles southeast of Mar- of the Cardinal of Lorraine. In 1557 he received sala (Jlap: Italy, G 10). It has an interesting old a command in the navv, but soon rejoined the castle, some line churclies and convents, and a French army in Picardv. He was the bearer grammar school, in which is located the niuiii- of messa"es from the Dauphin (afterwards Fran- cipal museum of antuiuities, many of whose <il)- cis n ) to his bctrollied, Marv Stuart, and after jects were found at Selinus, m the vicinity Urape- the death of Francis accompanied the Queen to vines, olives, and rice are extensively cultivated Scotland. In 15G2 he returned to France in con- and good wine is manufactured. There are also sequence of the civil war, and served against the Huguenots in Brittany. vears he ^^•as employed ini important missions to Klizabeth of Kngland and to the Dulce of Alva. After the battle of Saint-Denis (1507), he was sent to Germany to solicit aid against the Huguenots, and oil his return was made Governor of Saint-Dizier. From 1574 to 1584 he was am- bassador at the English Court, and in this office attempted to effect a marriage between Eliza- beth and the Due d'Alencon. On returning to France he fell out of favor with the League, lost his governorship of Saint-Dizier, and was re manufactures of coral and alabaster articles. Within the^next ten Population, in 1901, 24,510. CASTI, kil'ste, Giov.XNi Battista (1721- 1803). An Italian poet, who early took orders, and for a time taught literature in the Seminary of Acquapendente and at Montefiascone. Later he went to 'ienna and entered the service of Joseph II. In company of the son of Minister Kaunilz. he visited the Courts of Saint Petersburg, Berlin, and other European cities, and on his return was appointed Court poet. On the death of Joseph II., Casti returned to Florence, and later made his home in Paris, where he died in 1803. His dueed almost to destitution : but on the aeees- ^^^^^ famous work is a collection of clever but sion of Henry IV. he was again intrusted with several important missions. The Mcmoires of Castelnau, published in 1021, are accurate and impartial. CASTELNATJDARY, ka'stel'nij'da're'. A town in the Dcinu'tmcnt of Aude, France, 22 miles nortli-northwest of Carcassonne, situated on a declivity, skirted at the base by the Canal du Midi, which here expands into a basin, and serves as a harbor (Jlap: France, J 8). It has manu- factures of woolen and silk fabrics, and earthen- ware, and carries on an active trade in grain, wool, and flour. Population, in 1001, of town, 6683 ; of commune. 0307. It sutfered severely in the crusade against the Albfgenses, and was, in 1212, the scene of a battle between Simon de
- Montf(n-t and Rapnond, Count of Toulouse.
rather licentious JiovcUe yalanti in ottave rime (1793), and Gli animali yarlanti (1802), a live- ly and amusing political satire. He also wrote numerous comic operas, for two of which Paisi- ello composed the music. CASTIGLIONE, ka'ste-lyo'na. A city in Sicily on the north slope of Mount Etna. 2035 feet "above the sea on the right bank of the Al- cantara (Jlap: Italy, Sicily, K 10). It has a castle, and is a local market for wine, olives, and the best hazelnuts in Sicily. Population (com- mune), in 1881, 9473; in 1901, 12,998. CASTIGLIONE, Bai.d.Cssake, Count (1478- 1529). An Italian author and statesman, lie was born at Casanatico, Duchy of Jlantua, and studied in ililan. His many talents, wide T-. knowledge, and polished manners made him a CASTELNUOVO, kas'tel-nwo'vo, Enrico fayo^ite^of Guidobaldo di Montefeltro, Duke of (1839—). An Italian novelist. He vas born ■[;j.^,i„(,^ .^ g,.gat patron of literature, who enter- in Klurence. and was educated m enice. In jjij,,,,,! ),im at his Court, together with other dis- tinguished men of letters. He was sent by the Duke as envoy to Henry VII. of England, to re- ceive the Garter conferred upon his patrcni. and later represented the Duke's successor at the in . 1870 he edited the journal La Hlampa, and in 1872 he became professor of the school of commerce in Venice. In the same year he pub- lished his Hacronii e ho~zctli, which was fol lowed bv his first novel, //. quaderno della zia, p. ,.j] fourt. and in Spain, where in the last years both of which works became very popular, ^j j^j^ jjj^ ,,p ijpe^^,,,^ naturalized and was made Among his other publications may be mentioned: jjishop of Avila. He died in Toledo, February 7. Jm casa Uanca (1873) : La conlessina (1881) ; i^og, broken-hearted, it is said, because Clement and Dnr connnzuDii (1885). CASTEIi - SARRASIN, kii'stcl' sa'ra'saN' (from Castel-sur-Azin, the Latin Vasti-um Cerru- viiim). The capital of an arrondissement in the Department of Tarn-et-Garonne, France, on the Garonne, 12 miles northwest of Montauban (Jlap: France, G 7). It has ruins of a castle of doubt- ful Saracenic origin, and the Church of Saint . ,«■,,: „ :„ Sauveur's is an interesting Twelfth to Fifteenth tention for upward of eight years ,s i^.umiii. r. .. form of a series of imaginary dialogues between VII. unjustly accused him of treachery. Casti- glione's chief work is his famous Libra del corlc- (jiuno (Venice, 1528; latest edition, with full com- mentary by V. Cian, Florence. 1894). a manual for courtiers, notable for its tinislicd style and for the high ideals which it sets forth as ccuisti- tuting the perfect courtier. This work, which is in four parts, and occupied the author's at- ' ■ " ' cast in the Century struidurc. Manufactures of serge, linen, hosiery, and hats, and an agricultural trade are carried on. Population, in 1901. of town, 3394; of eommuiie, 7858. CASTELTEKMINI, ka'stfl-ter'nu^-ne (ancient the various men of distinction and noble ladies who met at the Court of Urbina, and discussed a wide variety of subjects, ranging all the way from :irt and literature to womanly virtue and itonie love. The volume was one of the most Caiiiicianw At/inr) . A town in the Province of widely popular books of the period, both in Italy Giri'cnti, Sicily, Italy, 23 miles southwest of Cal- and elsewhere, formed the hashs of Bascan's fa- tanisctta (Jlap': Italy, H 10). It is noted for its nioiis 'golden translation' into Sjianish, and was extensive mines of roVk salt and sulphur. Popu- pronounced by Dr. Johnson "the best book tlnit lation of commune, in 1901, 13,022. ever was written upon good breedin;;. Gas-
