biography
pronunciation:
[peeloh]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1820–60)
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| biography:
| Italian patriot, born in Palermo, Sicily, S Italy. A follower of Mazzini, he took part in the 1848 Sicilian rising and helped Carlo Pisacane organize the ill-fated Sapri expedition (1857). He was trying to join Garibaldi's expedition in Sicily in 1860 when he was killed in a clash with Bourbon forces. |
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