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Monday, December 23rd, 2024
the Fourth Week of Advent
the Fourth Week of Advent
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Manzoni, Alessandro
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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Italian poet and novelist, born at Milan; began a sceptic, but became a devout Catholic; wrote a volume of hymns, entitled "Inni Sacri," and a tragedy, "Adelchi," his masterpiece, and admired by Goethe, as also a prose fiction, "I Promessi Sposi," which spread his name over Europe; in 1860 was made a senator of the kingdom of Italy, and was visited by Garibaldi in 1862; he was no less distinguished as a man than as an author (1780-1875).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Manzoni, Alessandro'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/m/manzoni-alessandro.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Manzoni, Alessandro'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/m/manzoni-alessandro.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
