Pier Leoni (or Pierleone) (Latin: Petrus Leo or Petrus filius Leonis) (died 2 June 1128) was the son of the Jewish convert Leo de Benedicto and founder of the great and important medieval Roman family of the Pierleoni. He was called the Jewish Crassus by Gregorovius.
Pierleone himself was a consul of the eternal city in the early twelfth century. He was one of the regents of the city itself when Pope Paschal II left in 1108 to deal with raising troops. "Rome remained the pit of daily rebellion," as Gregorovius says.
In 1111, Pierleone negotiated the imperial coronation of the Emperor Henry V.
Ever a faithful ally of the pope, in 1117, he retook Rome for him, but was subsequently holed up in his tower by Ptolemy I of Tusculum.
After the election of Bishop John of Gaeta as Gelasius II on 24 January 1118, the new pope was thrown into prison by Cencio II Frangipane. It was Pierleone, with his son Peter, Peter the prefect of the city, and the papal gonfalonier Stephen the Norman, who restored the pope's freedom.
Pierleone held the Theatre of Marcellus, Tiber Island, and the Castel Sant'Angelo, fortress of the popes. He was the greatest man in Rome in his time, the grandson of a Jew of Trastevere. His large marble sarcophagus is preserved in the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls. Its inscription reads, "a man without an equal, immeasurably rich in money and children." Of these children, he left several sons: Leo, Peter (later Antipope Anacletus II), Jordan (later Patrician of the Commune of Rome), Roger, and Huguizon. It is said that his daughter married Roger I of Sicily.
PierLeoni (or Pierleone) (Latin: Petrus Leo or Petrus filius Leonis) (died 2 June 1128) was the son of the Jewish convert Leo de Benedicto and founder...
the free dictionary. Leoni is an Italian surname, literally meaning "lions". Notable people with this surname include: PierLeoni (died 1128), son of the...
to the powerful Roman family of the Pierleoni, the son of the consul PierLeoni. One of his great-great grandparents, Benedictus, maybe Baruch in Hebrew...
March 1116, the Roman Prefect Peter died and Paschal appointed a son of PierLeoni as his replacement. The people revolted and appointed Peter, a great nephew...
the end of the 11th century (when it was known as templum Marcelli), by PierLeoni and later his heirs (the Pierleoni). This saved the complex from further...
(b. 1070) February 12 – Toghtekin, Turkish ruler of Damascus June 2 – PierLeoni (or Petrus Leo), Roman consul July 20 – Al-Ma'mun al-Bata'ihi, Fatimid...
senators elected as their leader Giordano Pierleoni, son of the Roman consul PierLeoni, with the title patrician, since the term consul had been deprecated as...
Pierleoni (in contemporary Latin, Jordanus filius Petrus Leonis) was the son of the Consul PierLeoni and therefore brother of Antipope Anacletus II and leader...
of 14 April 1062 which gave Rome to Antipope Honorius II. His son was PierLeoni and through him he is the father of the great Pierleoni family which dominated...
(b. 1070) February 12 – Toghtekin, Turkish ruler of Damascus June 2 – PierLeoni (or Petrus Leo), Roman consul July 20 – Al-Ma'mun al-Bata'ihi, Fatimid...
elected as their leader Giordano Pierleoni, son of the Roman consul PierLeoni, with the title patrician, since the term consul had been deprecated as...
Saint Erlembald Alexander II (1061–1073) c. 1118 Stephen the Norman With PierLeoni, rescued Pope Gelasius II from Cencio II Frangipane. c. 1296 James II...
the 16th century. Modifications were made to it in the 1720s by Giacomo Leoni, who retained some of the Elizabethan features and added others, particularly...
symbol has led to one of the club's most popular nicknames in the form of leoni alati ("winged-lions"). As the club has been renamed numerous times during...
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Germi (1961) Il posto by Ermanno Olmi (1961) Accattone by Pier Paolo Pasolini (1961) Leoni al sole by Vittorio Caprioli (1961) Il sorpasso by Dino Risi...
Daniele Malavolta (2003) – Opera prima Intrigo a Cuba, directed by Riccardo Leoni (2004) – filmed in 1999 Zorba Il Buddha, directed by Lakshen Sucameli (2004)...
Salvatore Nocita (2011) Miss Wolf and the Lamb, (corto) direction Roberto Leoni (2011) 100 metri dal paradiso, direction Raffaele Verzillo (2012) Il disordine...
son's education in Bologna, where he stayed with the nobleman Girolamo Leoni. He also ostensibly paid for two trips to Rome, where he lodged with Guercino...
statues following sculptors died: Bartolini, Pampaloni, Pozzi, Nencini, Leoni, and Torrini. The original sculptor for the statue of Guicciardini declined...
as majestic ornaments for the villa's garden staircase, the Loggia dei leoni. The first lion originates from a 2nd-century marble that was first mentioned...
acquitted on both occasions. He then employed the Italian architect Giacomo Leoni to carry out a major restoration of the hall. He was buried at Winwick....
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