Angelo Masina

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Angelo Masina

Angelo Masina (born September 24, 1815 in Bologna , † June 3, 1849 in Rome ) was an Italian freedom fighter during the Risorgimento .

Life

In 1831 the 16-year-old Angelo fought against the Austrians in Romagna . The Papal States severely suppressed the liberals there . Angelo fled the victors to Spain after the fighting. Only the general amnesty of Pius IX. from July 17, 1846 enabled his return to Italy. In 1848 Angelo Masina fought again as a volunteer against the Austrians; this time in Veneto .

In 1849 Masina participated with his lancers under the command of General Garibaldi in the unsuccessful defense of the Roman Republic . Pius IX had called the French into the country from his exile in Gaeta . Garibaldi succumbed to the overwhelming strength of the oncoming expeditionary force under General Oudinot . Lancer Colonel Angelo Masina was killed on June 3, 1849, during the defense of Rome, near the Villa Doria Pamphilj .

literature

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Web links

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annotation

  1. ↑ The historian Ricarda Huch paints the last days of Angelo Masina in the first part of her stories of Garibaldi . The militarily gifted Masina provides Garibaldi with fifty riders, equipped at his own expense (Huch, p. 135 below). Garibaldi makes Masina regimental commander (Huch, p. 183 below). On June 3, Garibaldi wants to hold the Palazzo Corsini and the Vascello (Italian: Villa del Vascello ). He orders Masina to launch the first attack (Huch 189 below). Ricarda Huch writes: “Arrived in front of the wide flight of stairs, Masina turned around, called out in a loud voice: 'Follow me!' And spurred his horse, whereupon it climbed the flat steps proud and splendid like a peacock. He defended himself for a while with his saber against the hunters who came out of their hiding place and threw themselves at him; but in the meantime several bullets hit him so that he, instantly dead, fell from his horse on the threshold of the palace. ”(Huch, p. 190, 12. Zvo) The officers initially do not report Masina's death to Garibaldi because they know what a great deal the general had thought of him (Huch, p. 195, 5th Zvu). Garibaldi mourns his colonel (Huch, p. 198).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ital. Anno 1831 in Romagna ( Memento of November 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Huch, p. 185, 9th Zvu
  3. ^ Ital. Antonio Ferri, Valerio Varesi : To the death of Masinas
  4. ↑ Huch, p. 186, 9. Zvu
personal data
SURNAME Masina, Angelo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian freedom fighter during the Risorgimento
DATE OF BIRTH September 24, 1815
PLACE OF BIRTH Bologna
DATE OF DEATH June 3, 1849
Place of death Rome