Pescina dei Marsi – July 2002. The Duke of Calabria and the Grand Prior, Mario Francesco, Cardinal Pompedda, visited Pescina dei Marsi and participated in the 400th anniversary of the birth in the town of the late Cardinal Giulio Raimondo Marrazrine, Minister of King Louis XIV of France. To mark the occasion His Royal Highness, as descendant of the late French King, and Mario Francesco, Cardinal Pompedda, were awarded honorary citizenships of the town at a ceremony held in the municipal building.
