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3 unusual facts about Pietro Giannone


Pietro Giannone

He opposed the papal influence in Naples, for which he was imprisoned for twelve years until his death.

But he was induced to visit a Catholic village within Sardinian territory, in order to hear mass on Easter day.

Arriving in Naples at the age of eighteen, he devoted himself to the study of law, but his legal pursuits were much surpassed in importance by his literary works.



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