[Servant of the Cross]

Thanks for posting! Here's a good article on the anniversary of Lepanto in 2006 Remembering Lepanto.

[Verginius Rufus]

Good article, but Juan de Austria (1545-1578) was not the illegitimate son of the reigning king of Spain (Felipe II) but of the previous king (Carlos I, better known as Charles V).

Ironically, the most successful commander on the Turkish side, Uluj Ali, was an Italian renegade who had been captured and served as a galley slave before "turning Turk" and eventually rising to high command.