biography
pronunciation:
[breseeahnee]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1798–1862)
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| biography:
| Writer, born in Ala, Trentino, N Italy. A Jesuit, he was opposed to liberalism and Romanticism, and was a contributor to the conservative Jesuit periodical Civiltà Cattolica. He wrote a number of successful historical novels, including L'ebreo di Verona (1850), and travelogues, Dei costumi dell'isola di Sardegna (1850). |
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