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The Stedingers were not heretics, but rebels against lawful ecclesiastical and secular authority.

Tf!Srm!rfcS (Ireien. 1865): Felten, Papst Gregor IX (Frei- burg im Br.. 1886). 220 sq. J p KlUSCM.

Stef aneschi, Giacomo Gaetani, cardinal deacon, b at Rome, about 1270; d. at Avignon 23 June, 1343 He was the son of the senator Pietro Stefan- eschi and his wife, Perna Orsini. He received his elrlv education at Rome, and was sent to the University of Paris to pursue higher studie^s. After three years of diligent apphcation he re- ceived the degree of Master of Arts, and intended to devot" hinfself to the study of philosophy and Holy Scripture, having akeady begun to teach at ihe university, when his parents recalled him to Italy in order that he should study canon and civil law. He was highly esteemed by Celestme V who m.de him canon of St. Peter's and auditor of the Rota, ana w™ created cardinal-deacon of the titular Church of San Giorgio inVelabro, 17 Dec.,1295,by Boniface VIII, who also' ent him as legate to Cesena Forh Fae a and Bologna in 1296, to suppress civil disturbances. John XXII appointed him protector of the Minor- ites 23 July, 1334. He was never ordamed priest^

Stefaneschi is best known as the author of .'Opus Metricum", a life of Celestme V composed m dac- ylic hexameter. Abstracting from a short autobi- ography left in his cell by Ce estine when he became none the "Opus Metricum" of Stefaneschi is the earliest biography of the hermit-pontiff. It is com- posed of three parts, each complete in itself and writ- ten at a different time. In 1319 the author um ed these three separate poems into one work and sent it wifh a dedicatory epLle to the pr>or and the monta of San Spirito at Sulmona, the mother-house ot the Celestme^s. The first part contains >?^t.h;ee books an account of the election, reign, and abdication ot t^e- fest^ne It was written 'before Stefaneschi became car- dfnal The second part describes in two books the election and coronation of Boniface VIII, and was written five years later, when Stefaneschi was already ^dinal The third part is composed of three books Tnd describes the life of Celestine after he had abdi- cated his canonization, and miracles. The poem 's preceded by an introduction in prose, which contains ^alurble data of the author's Ufe and a synopsis of the whole work. Though of great historical value the poem is devoid of aO literary excellence, and at times is even extremely clumsy and barbarous^ It was first edited by Papebroch, "Acta SS. . Iv. M^j 436-483 A new edition by Professor Sdralek ot Breslau s in course of preparation. The other works of Stefaneschi are: "Liber, .de Centesimo sive Ju- bileo" edited by Quattrocchim"Bessarione (Rome, 1900 Vll, 299-317), an interesting and historical y mpo'rtant' account of the first Roman ^f^^^^'^^^l in 1300- "Liber ceremoniarum Curiae Romansp, a Look of' cer^onies to be observed at the Roman Court^edited according.to a highly interpolated man uscrint by Mabillon in "Museum Itahcum (11, 243-443) re-edited in part by Ehrle in " Arch.v fur fl eratur und Kirchengeschichte (V 565-580, and by Labande in " Bibliotheque de IV-cole des char cs (LIV 45-74); "Vita S. Georgii Martyris'', a eulogy on St George, the patron of Stefaneschi's titular church- and "Historia de miraculo Mans facto Avi- nione" a short narrative of how a young man, who hLd beAi condemned to death at Avignon, was mirac-

London and St Louis, 1900). passim. See also Quattroch,. ksBLE, and Labande, loo. sup. e.t. j^jcHAEL Ott.

Stefano, Cavauere Giovanni di. See Lan- FRANco, Giovanni.

StefEani, Agostino, titular Bishop of Spiga, (Uplo- matist and musician, b. at Castelfranco m .the Prov- hice of Treviso, in 1655; d. at Frankfort m 1'28 or 1730 At the age of twelve he was brought to Munich bv Count Tattenbach, who had heard him smging at St Mark's in Venice. At the Court of the Elector of Bavaria where he remained for twenty-one years, he foon obtiS the position of court and chambex Zsician and afterwards that of director and court C^gList In 1673 he went for one Y^ar to Rome in order to perfect himself m his art. In 1688 he left Munich and was attached as musician to the Court ^Hanover, where resided the famous philosopher Leibniz with whom he was on intimate terms. Ten vears later, in 1698, he took up his residence at the SurtoftheElector Palatine at Dussedorf mscom- Dositions may be ranged m three classes. (1) his reli- Sfons music for example, a " Laudato pueri" or nme ?°:^LT"f '' .Lir« n,^"PsalmodiaVespertina" scored

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tor eTght voices, a "Stabat Mater 'for six voices and

orch'ftral accompaniment ("f -'"'^^.^^^'CarUtTipro- that his great contemporary Alessandro Scarlatti pro d?,ced nofldng finer) (2) his chamber duet^more rtian a hundred of which are preserved, and which were esteemed the most perfect of their kind, so that the most^enowned singers deUghted in them; (3) and his Tera^ forTe stage, five of which are known to have W^tten for the Court at Munich, nine for that of Hanover and at least two for Diisseldorf In later vears when his high position did not allow him to ap- ^eS as composer If operas, his secretary and copyist Gregorio Piva signed these compositions for him. In 1695 he pubUshed a pamphlet, "Sm Prmcipu della Musica'',^n which is shown how music is grounded on

n^uTtWs re^rkable man is not only, famous for his • „i tolpnts Beine ordained pnest, probably Noufielo the lolTsee made hfm Prothonotan. Anostohc for North Germany, and in recognition ot hi^ service; for the cause of Catholicism m Hanover the Holv Father appointed him Bishop of Spiga (the Incient Cyztcus), in Asia Minor, ^^^len m 1712 a new churA had beei built at Brunswick by the Duke Anton IJlrich, who had become a Catholic, the pope ^nt Bishop Steflani, "Vicario Apostohcodelle Missioni Srttentrionali," to perform the consecration and open- ing sTr'^ce of the new building. But if he was held in such esteem by the ecclesiastical authorities, he w^ aS) the cifidant and ambassador of tempora princes. A delicate mission ^f^.^^ ™t ,698 allhe the various German courts m 1696, and m 1698 at the court i" Brussels, for which office he was smgularly fitted by Ss gentle and prudent manners. His merits ^ a niSician were solemnly recognized m London by ?^e Semy of Ancient Music electing him its hon- orarv president for Ufe (1/24). pieminn.

andMusicians (New Yorls. 1908). a.\. ^ WALTER.

Steinamanger (Szomb.^thelt) Diocese of in Tbmcirv sufTnigan of Gran, founded in 17 < 7 under ,.; Al-ir a l^ieresa. Originally Colonia Claudia trblria'and'capital of Pannoma during the Roman era the city was n 445 laid wiuste by the Huns, in the ninth centurv Steinamanger, an episcopal see even betoe theTnvasiln of the Huns, wa.s p acod under the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Salzburg K ng St Stephen, it is said, gave steinamanger .Ifehop of VesWm. In 1777 the sec was reconstilutcl at the owense of the Dioceses of Agram and \ eszpr^ni. It Sdes the Counties of Va.s and Zala and the territwy Iving on the River Mura. Its first bishop was John M§ (1777-99), who built the episcopal residence and