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December 1

Prince Steno Borghese

Prince Steno Borghese was the first President of the Italian Baseball Federation (1950-1960) and of the European Baseball Federation (1953-1971), and a member of the first class of inductees in the Italian Baseball Hall of Fame. He is the namesake of Stadio Steno Borghese. He was a part of the highly aristocratic Borghese family and possibly a sibling of Junio Valerio Borghese. But he doesn't have an article here or on the Italian wikipedia, and I can't find his birth or death details (or his exact place in the Borghese family tree). Grateful to anyone who could help, as it would help me to create an article. Xuxl (talk) 16:27, 1 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

He is mentioned briefly here and here in regard to the FEB. He's mentioned here as having donated the land for the stadium. This article has some more information on him, noting that he was installed the mayor of Nettuno while the area was occupied by the US Army during WWII. This book discusses his ancestry a bit, page 43 mentions he was from the Borghese family and a relative of the King of Italy, who at the time was Victor Emmanuel III of Italy; I'm not sure how he's related to the Borghese family, but there's some leads for you to follow in that book. It also discusses his importance to Italian baseball. He had a portrait painted by Tomas Concepcion: [1]. This blog (not necessarily a reliable source, the rest of it seems a bit, um, weird) says that he was a member of the Vatican Noble Guard and presided over the 1963 papal conclave, so that might help you find other possible sources about him. That's about all I could find with my Google-Fu. --Jayron 32 19:13, 1 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks User:Jayron32. I managed to find other information when I dug up via a genealogy site that his real first name was Stefano. He is in the Borghese family tree on the Italian wikipedia page, as the oldest son of Rodolfo Borghese, a pre-WWII Italian nobleman and politician, which makes him a first cousin of the infamous Junio Valerio Borghese. His dates are 1911-1978. There was significant newspaper coverage of his visits to the U.S. to drum up support for Italian baseball in 1955 and 1958. He never married or had any children, and apparently committed suicide, which may have something to do about the relatively sparse coverage in places one would have expected. Anyway, a pretty complete picture emerges with all of this. Xuxl (talk) 19:43, 1 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Medieval costume

What would a medieval sea captain's uniform look like? What color? --Christie the puppy lover (talk) 20:10, 1 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

While it probably depends on the country, Uniforms of the Royal Navy notes that the first uniforms for British naval officers were standardized in the 18th century, well after the medieval period. There may or may not have been any standard uniform of the time period. The Greenwich Royal Museum's oldest uniform in their collection dates from 1748, which it claims was the first such uniform for the UK. See here. --Jayron 32 20:31, 1 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. Christie if you’re interested in what a medieval captain would have worn, even though it wasn’t a uniform, you might look through some of the images in Marine_art#Earliest_times_to_1400. Other potentially relevant Wikipedia articles are 1400–1500 in European fashion and others in the similar series working backwards – use the desktop view and scroll to the bottom to access links to all the articles in the fashion timeline series,, for whichever culture you're interested in. 70.67.193.176 (talk) 22:21, 1 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]