Colonize

α. To plant or establish a colony in; to settle in; as, to colonize a newly discovered country. -v. i. To migrate to or settle in a new country, as inhabitants. Co'lon, in Michigan , a post-village of Colon township, St. Joseph co., on Swan Creek, about 135 m. W. by S. of Detroit. Pop . (1897) 500. Colon'na, a village in the Papal States, which gave its name to one of the most powerful and celebrated aristocratic Roman families. The Colonna produced in the Middle Ages many distinguished members, among whom, besides Fope MARTIN V. (q. v.), we quote the following: C., PROSPERO, son of Antonio Colonna, prince of Salerno. He a isted Charles VIII. of France to conquer Naples, but subsequently aided in retaking it for the House of Aragon. He served under the great Gonsalvo, and was charged by him to conduct Cesare Borgia prisoner to Spain. In 1513, Prospero defeated the Venetians near Vicenza, was captured by the French two years later, but won several victories over them in 1521 and the following years. D. 1523. C., POMPEO, nephew of the above, a restle and intriguing Roman cardinal. He quarrelled in succe ion with the Popes Julius II., Leo X., and Clement VII., and had part in all the troubles of the Court of Rome. When Clement VII. was the prisoner of the Constable de Bourbon, Pompeo exerted his influence for his liberation. He at length became viceroy of Naples. D. 1532. C., VITTORIA, an Italian poete , daughter of Fabrizio Colonna, high constable of Naples, B. 1490. When 4 years old, she was betrothed to a boy of the same age, Fernando d'Avalos, son of the Marchese di Pescara. At 17 they were married. After her husband's death in the battle of Pavia, (1525,) Vittoria C. found her chief consolation in solitude, and the cultivation of her poetical genius. During 7 years of her widowhood, she resided alternately at Naples and Ischia, and then removed to the convent of Orvieto, and afterwards to that of Viterbo. In her later years, she left the convent, and resided in Rome, where she died in Feb. 1547. Her poems were chiefly devoted to the memory of her husband, (see AVALOS.) Among them, the Rime Spiritual i (Venice, 1848) are remarkable for truth of sentiment and enlightened piety. -The C. palace (It. Palazzo C.) situated at the base of the Quirinal at Rome, is celebrated for its splendid picture-gallery and magnificent gardens.