Ricciardi Biagio, Ricciardi Elisabetta, Ricciardi Carlo Alberto
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Arnaldo de Villanova, was a Catalan Physician, born in Villanova de Grau, a suburb of Valencia - Spain about 1235. He died off the coast of Genoa in 1311 during a sea voyage departing from Messina in Sicily, during a diplomatic mission by Pope Clement V in Avignon on orders by the King of Sicily. He was a so famous and clever scientist of the thirteenth century, to give his name to the Universitary Hospital of Montpellier - France. His interests ranged from theology, to politics, medicine, and anymore alchemy. He was an adviser and physician of Kings of Aragon, like Peter III the Great (1276-1285) and James II the Right (1285-1327), of Robert of Angi (1309-1343) of Naples, and of Popes, like Innocenzo V (1276), Bonifacio VIII (1294-1303), Benedetto XI (1303-1304), Clemente V (1305-1314), and of the King of Sicily Federico II of Aragon (1296-1337). For the Pope Bonifacio VIII, suffering from renal colic due to kidney stones, he prescribed Hydrotherapy with Fiuggi Thermal water, that was specially transported for him from its source to Rome and Anagni, in jars wrapped in coarse carpets or wool fabrics, to better maintain the source temperature. In addition in July of 1301, he also produced an astrological seal (Talisman) made of gold loaded of virtues, obtained exposing the seal to the power of the Sun, in those days in the Leo Constellation. This seal was worn by the Pope in an hernial belt of leather to support the kidney,probably to improve hisnephroptosis. Arnaldo produced this seal according to what was described in the book Picatrix - The goal of the wise of the Arabic astronomer and alchemist "Abū l-Qāsim Maslama b.- Ahmad al-Majriti, known with the pseudonym Ghayat al hakim died in Cordova about 1008. Ten years later, after his mysterious death at sea on a Sicilian royal ship, his body was not buried at sea, but was reported in Sicily and buried in the Federician Castle of Montalbano of Elicona at the end of Peloritans Mountains near Milazzo, about 90 km from Messina, where he loved to stay and to write.
阿尔纳多·德·维拉诺瓦是一位加泰罗尼亚医生，约1235年出生于西班牙巴伦西亚郊区的格拉乌的维拉诺瓦。1311年，他在从西西里岛的墨西拿出发的海上航行中，于热那亚海岸去世，当时他正奉西西里国王之命执行教皇克莱门特五世在阿维尼翁的外交使命。他是13世纪一位非常著名且聪明的科学家，法国蒙彼利埃大学医院就是以他的名字命名的。他的兴趣广泛，涵盖神学、政治、医学，甚至炼金术。他是阿拉贡国王的顾问和医生，比如伟大的彼得三世（1276 - 1285年）和正义的詹姆斯二世（1285 - 1327年），那不勒斯的安茹的罗伯特（1309 - 1343年），以及教皇，如英诺森佐五世（1276年）、博尼法乔八世（1294 - 1303年）、贝内代托十一世（1303 - 1304年）、克莱门特五世（1305 - 1314年），还有阿拉贡的西西里国王费德里科二世（1296 - 1337年）。对于患有肾结石导致肾绞痛的教皇博尼法乔八世，他开了用菲乌吉温泉水进行水疗的药方，这种水被专门从源头用罐子包装，裹上粗地毯或羊毛织物运到罗马和阿纳尼，以便更好地保持水温。此外，在1301年7月，他还制作了一枚由充满魔力的黄金制成的占星印章（护符），通过将印章置于太阳的力量下制成，当时正值狮子座。教皇把这枚印章戴在皮革制成的疝气腰带上以支撑肾脏，可能是为了改善他的肾下垂状况。阿尔纳多是按照阿拉伯天文学家兼炼金术士“阿布·卡西姆·马斯lama·本·艾哈迈德·马吉里提”（笔名“智者的目标”，约1008年死于科尔多瓦）所著的《皮卡特里克斯》一书中的描述制作这枚印章的。十年后，他在西西里皇家船只上神秘地死于海上，他的尸体没有被葬于大海，而是被运回西西里，葬在米拉佐附近佩洛里塔尼山脉尽头、距离墨西拿约90公里的埃利科纳的蒙塔尔巴诺的费德里西亚城堡，他生前喜欢在那里停留和写作。
