Sveva Caetani

Sveva Caetani, or Sveva Caetani Di Sermoneta (August 6, 1917 – April 28, 1994), was an Italian-Canadian artist.

Descending from the House of Caetani, Sveva Caetani represented the last of an ancient line that traces its roots back over 1,200 years and includes at least two medieval popes, Pope Gelasius II and Pope Boniface VIII, and noted politicians, cardinals, academics, artists, writers, and musicians.

She immigrated to Canada in 1921 and naturalized in 1928/1929 with her father, Leone Caetani, and her mother, Ofelia Fabiani. Leone, an Italian nobleman (Prince of Teano and Duke of Sermoneta), brought his second family to Canada to start a new life with them and escape Italy, where his socialist and democratic ideas were increasingly unpopular as fascism was rising.

They settled in Vernon, British Columbia, where Sveva would spend the rest of her life.

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