biography
pronunciation:
[basee]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1801–49)
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| biography:
| Italian patriot and priest, born in Cento, Emilia-Romagna, N Italy. He was a republican and a friend of Garibaldi, and participated in the defence of Venice and then the Roman Republic. He was captured by Austrian forces at Comacchio, taken to Bologna, and shot. |
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