Canopus
or CANOBUS, a bright star of the first magnitude, belonging to of Serapis. visible in the North or Middle parts of the United States, on account of its nearness to the South Pole. letta. The old city, said to have been founded by Diomed, or in a period antecedent to the records of Roman history, was in ancient times one of the most considerable cities in this part of Italy for extent, population, and magnificence. It reached the acme of its prosperity under Trajan. It was reduced to its present condition by a series of disasters inflicted on it by the Goths, Saracens, and Normans. Pop. about 25,000. historical associations. The Emperor Henry IV., excommunicated by Gregory CANOSSA (kan-os'ä), a ruined castle historical associations. ons. The Emperor near Reggio, Italy, interesting for its VII., humbly waited for three days in its Henry IV., excommunicated by Gregory courtyard bareheaded, barefooted, and fasting, until the Pope reversed his decision.
In 1779 he was sent statuary in Bassano, from whom he went a brilliant career. In 1779 he was sent by the senate of Venice to Rome, and to the Academy of Venice, where he had statuary in Bassano, from whom he went a brilliant career. to the Academy of Venice, where he had by the senate of Venice to Rome, and there produced his Theseus and the Slain a work in the Bernini manner, and in- ferior to his second public monument, the tomb of Pope Clement XIII. (1792), in ent XIV. in the Church of the Apostles, tomb of Pope Clement XIII. (1792), in a work in the Bernini manner, and in- St. Peter's. From 1783 his fame rapidly ferior to his second public monument, the the benefit of young Venetians, and increased. He established a school for among other works produced his group of "Venus and Adonis," the "Psyche and Butterfly," a "Repentant Magdalene," the well-known "Hebe," the colossal "Hercules hurling Lichas into the Canova finished the model of the cele- Sea," the "Pugilists," and the group of "Cupid and Psyche." In 1796 and 1797 Ca colossal model of a statue of the King of Naples executed in marble in 1803. He afterward executed in Rome his brated tomb of the Archduchess Christina of Austria, and in 1797 made the of Naples executed in marble in 1803. which, when the "Belvidere Apollo" was carried to France, was thought not un- He afterward executed in Rome his carried to France, was thought not un- "Perseus with the Head of Medusa," 1802 he was invited by Bonaparte to Paris to make the model of his colossal worthy of its place and pedestal. In Paris to make the model of his colossal artist are a colossal Washington, the statue. Among the later works of the tombs of the Cardinal of York and of Pius VII.; a "Venus Rising from the the "Graces Rising from the Bath"; the colossal group of "Theseus Killing the Minotaur"; the tomb of Alfieri; nus fieri;
the "Graces Rising from the Bath"; a "Dancing Girl"; a colossal "Hector"; a "Paris"; a "Mars and Veus," etc. After the second fall of Napo "He leon, in 1815, Canova was commissioned by the Pope to demand the restoration turned to Rome in 1816, where he was of the works of art carried from Rome.
He went from Paris to London, and returned to Rome in 1816, where he was made Marquis of Ischia, with a pension of 3,000 scudi. He died in Venice, Oct. 13, 1822. born in Malaga, Feb. 8, 1826; was editor Spanish statesman and man of letters; CANROBERT of the Conservative journal "Patria," and in 1854 entered the public service as member of the Cortes; thereafter he held various posts in the government.
At his death he had been for some years prime minister. He was editor-in-chief of a "General History of Spain," consisting of monographs by sundry writers, of which the first volume appeared in 1890. He was assassinated at the baths of Santa Aqueda, Aug. 8, 1897.