ODDONE COLONNA was Pope from 1417 to 1431. See MARTIN V.—PA BRI ZI 0 COLON NA jai/le d Charles VIII. of France in the invasion of Naples in 1494, but soon went over to the enemy and was made Grand Constable of Naples. He de fended Capita against the forces of Louis XII. and took part in the battle of the Garigliano (1503). In the Holy League against France he was com mander of the Papal forces• and, with his Span ish allies, was defeated by Gaston de Foix at Ravenna in 1512. He died in 1520. His mili tary talents are lauded by Machiavelli in his .trte della guerre and by Ariosto in the Orlando. His daughter was Vittoria Colonna. (See COLONNA, VITTORIA.) —POMPEO COLONNA, one of the ablest generals of his time, fought under Gonsal•o de Cordova against the French. In 1513 he de feated the Venetian General Alviano in the neigh borhood of Vicenza. He took Milan from the French in 1521, and in the following year gained the victory of La Bicocea over Marshal Lantrec, and captured Genoa. In 1523 he held Milan against the French, but was struck down by dis ease, and died toward the end of the year of fast living.—Another POMPEO fought in the wars of the great Cordova, distinguishing himself at Cerignola (1502) and the Garigliano (1503). lIe entered the Church after the death of Alexander VI., and in 1517 was made Cardinal. He took an especially active part in political affairs dur ing the pontificate of Clement VII, whose enemy he was. He was made Viceroy of Naples in 1530,
and died suddenly June 23, 1532.—Ascamo CO LONNA, the son of Fabrizio, shared the family hatred for Clement Vii. With the support of the Spaniards he stormed Rome September 20. 1526, and sacked Saint Peter's and the Vatican. Entering the service of Charles V. he was made Grand Constable of Naples, but toward the end of his life fell into disgrace. He died in prison in 1557.—MARC ANTONIO COLONNA was exiled from Rome by Pius IV. and entered the military service of Spain, whose forces he successfully commanded against the Papal States in 1550. He was thereupon recalled and commanded the Papal galleys in the battle of Lepanto, October 7, 1571. He was made Viceroy of Sicily, and died in 1584.—FABIO COLONNA, born at Naples in 1567, was a botanist of some eminence. He was the author of Storia naturale del Messieo, work based on that of Hernandez. He died in 1651. Consult: Ciroceo, l'ite de alcuni cardinali de rasa. Colonna (Foligno, 1635) ; Agostino, Sto ria de easa Colonna (Foligno, 1608) ; Coppi, Me morie Colonnesi (Rome, 1855) ; Gregorovius, The History of the ('ity of Roane in the Middle Ages (London, 1895-1900).