Goffredo Mameli

Goffredo Mameli ( born September 5, 1827 in Genoa, † July 7, 1849 in Rome ) was an Italian patriot, poet and an important representative of the Italian Risorgimento. Mameli is known primarily as the author of the Italian national anthem Fratelli d' Italia.

Age of 13, stepped out from the tendency of the young Mamelis for poetry. Famous are his written 1844-1846 passionate love verses to a young love interest. After his studies in philosophy and passing the examination, he was taken in March 1847 in the Academy " Società Entelema ". There, the student Mameli was first introduced to the literary and liberal political tendencies of the epoch of the Renaissance in contact. The activities of the members of this society were influenced by liberal ideas, which have the unification of Italy to the goal. During this period, inter alia, many of Mamelis patriotic odes, sonnets and songs such as " Dante and Italy", the " Bandiera brothers ", "An Carlo Alberto " and " The Battle of Marengo ." He also took part in patriotic demonstrations in Genoa.

In this liberal- revolutionary atmosphere he wrote in 1847, the text of today's national anthem of Italy, Fratelli d' Italia, which is also known as " Inno di Mameli ".

Not only as a poet but also as a soldier, he became the most ardent initiator political events. So he led demonstrations, called in his odes ( "Viva Italia " ) to arms, fought himself in March 1848 on the Via del Ticino and pulls with 300 volunteers in June triumphantly entered Milan in order to rise up against Austria.

In the military rank of Captain Mameli was a member of the Legion of Torres and then served under Giuseppe Mazzini, who later became head of the Triumvirate of the Roman Republic. For Mazzini, Mameli wrote in July 1848, the military anthem " L' Inno militare ", set to music Giuseppe Verdi.

In September of the same year he became one of the most ardent followers of the freedom fighter Giuseppe Garibaldi and enlisted in flaming appeals for his volunteer army. So he fought together on Garibaldi's side for the defense of the Republic of Rome before the French intervention. After he was injured, but the bayonet mount of collaborator on foot, he died at the age of 21 years, only a little later from the effects of a wound infection on July 7, 1849 Pilgrims Hospice Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini. His grave is in the cemetery Campo di Verano in Rome.

Curiosities

After Mameli units of the Italian Army were present (32 ª Brigade 1975-1991 ), who named Repubblica di Salò and the Italian partisans.