biography
pronunciation:
[sahfee]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1819–90)
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| biography:
| Italian patriot and politician, born in Forlì, Emilia-Romagna, N Italy. A follower of Mazzini, he joined with him and Carlo Armellini as part of the Roman Republic triumvirate in 1849. After its fall, he went to Switzerland and then to Britain from where he helped Mazzini organize the February 1853 revolt. He was a deputy of the new Italian parliament (1861–4) and, after Mazzini's death, took over as leader of the republican movement. |
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