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An Italian poet (1808-73); born at Mansue in Treviso. He was a priest; being also an ardent patriot, he came into disfavor with the ecclesiastical and civil authorities at Padua, and was suspended from priestly functions. In 1848 he took part in the revolutionary movement, and after its suppression was an exile till 1859. His voluminous writings, both prose and verse, are in part literary, in part political, but all inspired by liberalism and patriotic sentiment. His principal works are: "Poems" (2 vols., 1840); several dramas-one of them, "Bianca Capello", written for Ristori; some comedies; several novels; besides legendary stories, hymns, and several popular ballads.