Giovannantonio Cipriani Explained

Giovannantonio Cipriani
Birth Date:13 November 1824
Birth Place:Guardia Lombardi, Campania, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Death Place:Guardia Lombardi, Campania, Kingdom of Italy
Father:Salvadore Cipriano
Mother:Nicoletta Siconolfi
Movement:Italian unification

Giovannantonio Cipriani (13 November 1824 – 30 July 1906) was an Italian political activist and a proponent of Italian unification.

Known in nineteenth century documents contemporaneous with his lifetime as "Cipriano," from the age of 20, he was a notary and was affiliated with the Young Italy political organization.[1]

As part of the Kingdom of Italy's attempt at unification of Southern Italy with the rest of the kingdom, Cipriani fought against Southern Italian brigandage and defeated the band led by Carmine Crocco, who violently opposed unification.

Cipriani was a friend of Francesco de Sanctis, who supported Cipriani in his electoral campaigns, as evidenced by the exchange of letters in de Sanctis' book Un viaggio elettorale.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cirpiano Giovannantonio. www.brigantaggio.net. https://web.archive.org/web/20170706031056/http://www.brigantaggio.net/brigantaggio/Storia/Altre/Cipriano.htm. 6 July 2017. live. 29 January 2018.
  2. Book: De Sanctis, Francesco. Un viaggio elettorale: con un'appendice di documenti vari. Guida Editori. 1983. 9788870421316. 6. 200–202. Italian. An election journey: with an appendix of various documents. Google Books.