Carlo Armellini (1777 – 6 June 1863) was a Roman politician, activist and jurist. He was part of the

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leading the short-lived

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in 1849, together with

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and Aurelio Saffi. Armellini was born in

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, then part of the

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. A moderate in politics, he followed with interest the apparently progressist moves of the first part of the pontificate of

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. During

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protests in 1848, Armellini saved the

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from arson."The Child Dell' Aracoeli Stolen", ''la Repubblica'', February 2, 1994
/ref> After the assassination of

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and the exile of the Pope, he became Minister of the Interior. He organized the Constituent assembly and, when the Roman Republic was declared, became (March 1849) one of three member of the leading triumvirate with

and Aurelio Saffi. He collaborated with Antonio Saliceti in the writing of the Constitution. When the Republic was defeated by the French army, he went in exile to Belgium. He died there, in

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, in 1863. Armellini was married to the pastellist Faustina Bracci Armellini.Profile of Faustina Bracci Armellini
at the ''Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800''.

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*Claudio Rendina, ''Enciclopedia di Roma''. Newton Compton, Rome. 1999. People of the Revolutions of 1848 Politicians from Rome 1777 births 1863 deaths Italian independence activists 19th-century Italian jurists People from the Papal States {{Italy-law-bio-stub

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