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Aurelio Saffi

1819–1890 · 19th century

Aurelio Saffi was an Italian republican politician from Forlì and a close follower of Giuseppe Mazzini. In 1849 he served with Mazzini and Carlo Armellini as one of the three triumvirs who governed the short-lived Roman Republic until French troops restored papal rule. He then lived in exile in England, teaching Italian at Oxford, before returning to Italy, where he edited Mazzini's collected writings.

Aurelio Saffi
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Roman Republic (1849)

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