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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Pordenone, Odoric of, Blessed
• Odoric of Pordenone, Blessed
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Il Pordenone
• Pordenone
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Oderic of Pordenone (or Portenau)
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Giovanni Antonio Pordenone
• Odoric of Pordenone

a town of the province of Udine, Venetia, Italy, 30 m. W. by S. of Udine on the railway to Treviso. Pop. (1901), 8425 (town); 12,409 (commune). It was the birthplace of the painter generally known as Il Pordenone. Paintings from his brush adorn the cathedral (which has a fine brick campanile), and others are preserved in the gallery of the town hall. Cotton industries are active, and silk and pottery are manufactured.