See Also: Caccini, Giulio(encyclopedia)
legate(1)(dictionary)
legate(2)(dictionary)
legate(dictionary)
Arantius, Giulio(medicine)
Bizzozero, Giulio(medicine)
Douhet, Giulio(encyclopedia)
Giulio (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Giulio Romano(encyclopedia)

legate(1) (iou) and Caccini, Giulio (sh)


legate(1) (iou)



legate noun. LOE.
[Old & mod. French legat from Latin legatus use as noun of pa. pple of legare: see LEGATE verb, -ATE1.]
1. Orig., an ecclesiastic deputed to represent the Pope and vested with his authority. Now spec. a cardinal sent as papal ambassador extraordinary on special missions to States acknowledging the supreme spiritual authority of the Pope. LOE.
legate a latere a papal legate of the highest class and fullest powers.
b. Hist. A governor of a province of the Papal States. M17.
gen. An ambassador, a delegate, a messenger. LME.
Roman History. (The deputy of) a General or governor of a province. L15.
legateship noun the office of legate, the dignity of a legate, a post as a legate M16.

Caccini, Giulio (sh)




or Giulio Romano

born งใ 1550, Rome, Papal States
buried Dec. 10, 1618, Florence

Italian composer and singer.

He accompanied his patron, Cosimo I, to Florence in the 1570s; there he became associated with the Camerata, an academy that dedicated much attention to producing a revival of ancient Greek drama. His Euridice (1600), embodying the Camerata's ideals, was the first opera to be published and was one of the first two surviving operas; the Other, also titled Euridice, is largely by Jacopo Peri (1561-1633), whose lost Dafne (1598) was the first opera of all. Caccini's Le nuove musiche (1602), a collection of songs with basso continuo, was of landmark importance in establishing the new monodic style.