Ugo Bassi

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Ugo Bassi
Ugo Bassi and Giovanni Livraghi on their way to their execution

Ugo Bassi (born August 12, 1801 in Cento , † August 8, 1849 in Bologna ) was an Italian Catholic clergyman and nationalist at the time of the Risorgimento .

Life

Bassi studied at the University of Bologna . As a teenager he joined the Barnabites , where he became friends with Alessandro Gavazzi . He was ordained a priest in 1833. His sermons drew large crowds. When the revolution broke out in 1848, Bassi worked as a military preacher for the troops of General Giacomo Durando . In Treviso Bassi was wounded in the fight against the Austrians. While Garibaldi was able to escape, Bassi and Count Livraghi were caught near Comacchio and handed over to the Austrians. A military tribunal in Bologna sentenced the two to death.

Movie

  • In nome del popolo sovrano . 1990 film, directed by Luigi Magni

literature

  • Ugo Bassi. Metafora, verità e mito nell'arte italiana del XIX secolo. Compositori, 1999, ISBN 88-7794-186-3 .
  • Giosuè Carducci : La Libertà Perpetua di San Marino. Zanichelli Editore, 1967.
  • Arrigo Petacco : W Gesù W Maria W l'Italia - Ugo Bassi, il cappellano di Garibaldi. Nuova Edizioni del Gallo, 1990.
  • Maria Luisa Trebiliani:  BASSI, Ugo. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 7:  Bartolucci – Bellotto. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1965.

Web links

Commons : Ugo Bassi  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Wikiquote: Ugo Bassi  - Quotes (Italian)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Luigi Villari: Bassi, Ugo . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 3 : Austria - Bisectrix . London 1910, p. 494 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
personal data
SURNAME Bassi, Ugo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian Catholic clergyman and nationalist during the Risorgimento
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1801
PLACE OF BIRTH Cento
DATE OF DEATH August 8, 1849
Place of death Bologna