UGO See also:

• BASSI, LAURA MARIA CATERINA (1711-1778)
• UGO BASSI (1800-1849)

BASSI (1800-1849)  , See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian patriot, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• CENTO
• CENTO (Gr. idvrpwv, Lat. cento, patchwork)

Cento, and received his See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• EDUCATION

education at See also:

• BOLOGNA
• BOLOGNA, GIOVANNI DA (1524–1608)

Bologna . An unhappy love affair induced him to become a novice in the Barnabite See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order when eighteen years old . He repaired to See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, where he led a See also:

• LIFE

life of study and devotion, and entered on his See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry in 1833 . It was as a preacher that he became famous, his sermons attracting large crowds owing to their eloquence and genuine See also:

• ENTHUSIASM

enthusiasm . He lived chiefly at Bologna, but travelled all ovet See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy See also:

• PREACHING (Fr. preecher, from Lat. praedicare, to proclaim)

preaching and tending the poor, so poor himself as to be sometimes almost starving . On the outbreak of the revolutionary movements in 1848, when See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope See also:

• PIUS

Pius IX. still appeared to be a Liberal and an Italian patriot, See also:

• BASSI, LAURA MARIA CATERINA (1711-1778)
• BASSI, UGO (1800-1849)

Bassi, filled with See also:

• NATIONAL

national enthusiasm, joined See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• DURANDO, GIACOMO (1807-1894)

Durando's papal force to protect the frontiers as See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army See also:

• CHAPLAIN

chaplain . His eloquence See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew fresh recruits to the ranks, and he exercised See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence over the soldiers and See also:

• PEOPLE

people . When the pope discarded all connexion with the national See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement, it was only Bassi who could restrain the Bolognese in their indignation . At Treviso, where he had followed Guidotti's See also:

• VOLUNTEERS

volunteers against the Austrians, he received three wounds, delighted to See also:

• SHED

shed his See also:

• BLOOD

blood for Italy (12th of May, 1848) . He was taken to See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice, and on his recovery he marched unarmed at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the volunteers in the fight at Mestre . After the pope's See also:

• FLIGHT

flight from Rome and the See also:

• PROCLAMATION (Lat. proclamare, to make public by announcement)

proclamation of the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

republic, Bassi took See also:

• PART

part with See also:

• GARIBALDI, GIUSEPPE (1807-1882)

Garibaldi's forces against the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French troops sent to re-establish the temporal See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power . He exposed his life many times while tending the wounded under See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire, and when Garibaldi was forced to leave Rome with his volunteers the faithful See also:

• MONK (O.Eng. munuc; this with the Teutonic forms, e.g. Du. monnik, Ger. Witch, and the Romanic, e.g. Fr. moine, Ital. monacho and Span. monje, are from the Lat. monachus, adaptedfrom Gr. µovaXos, one living alone, a solitary; Own, alone)
• MONK (or MONCK), GEORGE
• MONK, JAMES HENRY (1784-1856)
• MONK, MARIA (c. 1817—1850)

monk followed him in his wanderings to See also:

• SAN

San See also:

• MARINO

Marino .

When the See also:

• LEGION (Lat. legio)

legion See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke up Garibaldi escaped, but Bassi and a See also:

• FELLOW

fellow-Garibaldian, See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

Count Livraghi, after endless hardships; were captured near See also:

• COMACCHIO

Comacchio . On being brought before the papal See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor, Bassi said: " I am guilty of no See also:

• CRIME (Lat. crimen, accusation)

crime See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save that of being an Italian like yourself . I have risked my life for Italy, and your See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty is to do See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good to those who have suffered for her." The governor would have freed the prisoners; but he did not dare, and gave them over to an See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian officer . They were escorted to Bologna, falsely charged before a See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court See also:

• MARTIAL (MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS)

martial with having been found with arms in their hands (Bassi had never See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne arms at all), and shot on the 8th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August, 1849 . Bassi is one of the most beautiful figures of the Italian revolution, a See also:

• GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or family)

gentle unselfish soul, who, although unusually gifted and accomplished, had an almost childlike nature . His See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution excited a feeling of horror all over Italy . Countess Martinengo gives a charming See also:

• SKETCH (directly adapted from Dutch schets, which was taken from Ital. schizzo, a rough draft, Lat. schedium, something hastily made, Gr. oxE&os, sudden, off-hand, axeb6v, near by; Ger. Skizze and Fr. esquisse are from the same source)

sketch of his life in her Italian Characters (2nd ed., See also:

• LONDON

London, 1901) ; see also Zironi, Vita del Padre Ugo Bassi (Bologna, 1879) ; F . Venosta, " Ugo Bassi, Martire di Bologna," in the See also:

• PANTHEON (Lat. pantheum or pantheon; Gr. srav& ov, all-holy, from re, s, all, and Oeor god)

Pantheon dei See also:

• MARTINI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA (1706–1784)
• MARTINI, SIMONE (1283-1344)

Martini Italiani (See also:

• MILAN
• MILAN (Ital. Milano, Ger. Mailand, anc. Mediolanum, q.v.)

Milan, 1863) . (L .