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4 COUNT BAUD ASS ARE CASTIGLIONE
which enraged the mob to such a pitch that they
stormed and sacked the Cardinals palace in Milan.
After this Branda retired to Castiglione d' Olona,
where he spent his last years in peaceful retreat, and
celebrated the rites of the Church after his own taste
in his collegiate foundation. Here he died three
years later, at the age of ninety-three, and was laid to
rest in an imposing sarcophagus, adorned with his
recumbent efhgy, watched over by guardian angels
and his chosen saints, Francis and Anthony.
Another illustrious member of the Cardinal's family,
Franchino Castiglione, filled the chair of jurisprudence
in the University of Pavia for many years, and was
sent on embassies both to Florence and Ferrara by
Filippo Maria Visconti. In 1441 he was employed
to draw up the marriage contract of the Duke's
daughter, Bianca Maria, with Francesco Sforza, and
delivered a nuptial oration when the wedding was
celebrated at Cremona. After Filippo Maria's death,
Franchino took an active part in the establishment of
a popular form of government, and became one of
the chief magistrates of the short-lived Ambrosian
Republic. None the less, he remained on friendly
terms with Francesco Sforza, who made him a member
of his council when he became Duke of Milan. From
that time the Castiglioni were loyal subjects of the
Sforza princes, and served Francesco and his sons
faithfully and well. A second Branda, a grand-
nephew of the Cardinal, became Bishop of Como, and
celebrated high mass at the church of S. Stefano on
the Feast of St. Stephen, when Galeazzo Maria was
murdered as he entered the doors. In the follow-
ing year, 1477, he was sent by the widowed Duchess
Bona as ambassador to her brother-in-law, Louis NI.
of France, and afterwards commanded the Papal
which enraged the mob to such a pitch that they
stormed and sacked the Cardinals palace in Milan.
After this Branda retired to Castiglione d' Olona,
where he spent his last years in peaceful retreat, and
celebrated the rites of the Church after his own taste
in his collegiate foundation. Here he died three
years later, at the age of ninety-three, and was laid to
rest in an imposing sarcophagus, adorned with his
recumbent efhgy, watched over by guardian angels
and his chosen saints, Francis and Anthony.
Another illustrious member of the Cardinal's family,
Franchino Castiglione, filled the chair of jurisprudence
in the University of Pavia for many years, and was
sent on embassies both to Florence and Ferrara by
Filippo Maria Visconti. In 1441 he was employed
to draw up the marriage contract of the Duke's
daughter, Bianca Maria, with Francesco Sforza, and
delivered a nuptial oration when the wedding was
celebrated at Cremona. After Filippo Maria's death,
Franchino took an active part in the establishment of
a popular form of government, and became one of
the chief magistrates of the short-lived Ambrosian
Republic. None the less, he remained on friendly
terms with Francesco Sforza, who made him a member
of his council when he became Duke of Milan. From
that time the Castiglioni were loyal subjects of the
Sforza princes, and served Francesco and his sons
faithfully and well. A second Branda, a grand-
nephew of the Cardinal, became Bishop of Como, and
celebrated high mass at the church of S. Stefano on
the Feast of St. Stephen, when Galeazzo Maria was
murdered as he entered the doors. In the follow-
ing year, 1477, he was sent by the widowed Duchess
Bona as ambassador to her brother-in-law, Louis NI.
of France, and afterwards commanded the Papal