HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Paride Suzzara Verdi (1 April 1826 – 7 August 1879) was an Italian patriot, journalist and politician.


Early years

Paride Suzzara Verdi was born in
San Giorgio di Mantova San Giorgio Bigarello, until 2018 as San Giorgio di Mantova (Emilian language#Dialects, Mantovano: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Mantua in the Italy, Italian region Lombardy, located about east of Milan and about east of Man ...
in the
Province of Mantua The province of Mantua (; Emilian language#Dialects, Mantuan, Emilian language#Dialects, Lower Mantuan: ; Emilian language#Dialects, Upper Mantuan: ) is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of M ...
on 1 April 1826 to a wealthy and patriotic family. His parents were Carlo Suzzara Verdi, a landowner, and Matilde Dall'Acqua. He participated in the
revolutions of 1848 The revolutions of 1848, known in some countries as the springtime of the peoples or the springtime of nations, were a series of revolutions throughout Europe over the course of more than one year, from 1848 to 1849. It remains the most widespre ...
with his brothers Annibale (born 1827), Teodoro (born 1828) e Tullio (born 1829). He was identified by the police as being close to the revolutionary movement of 1848. After the Austrians returned he first moved to
Borgoforte Borgoforte is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' (municipality) of Borgo Virgilio in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about southwest of Mantua. In 2014 it merged with Virgilio to form ...
and then to
Pavia Pavia ( , ; ; ; ; ) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy, in Northern Italy, south of Milan on the lower Ticino (river), Ticino near its confluence with the Po (river), Po. It has a population of c. 73,086. The city was a major polit ...
. In 1851 he graduated from
University of Pavia The University of Pavia (, UNIPV or ''Università di Pavia''; ) is a university located in Pavia, Lombardy, Italy. There was evidence of teaching as early as 1361, making it one of the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, oldest un ...
with a degree in law. Suzzara Verdi was among the twenty people who met on 2 November 1850 to create the revolutionary committee of Mantua. Following the subsequent Austrian repression, some of these would be executed, and were among the Belfiore martyrs. Suzzara Verdi suffered imprisonment for a month. However, he was not investigated for participating in the conspiracy.


Journalist

Having survived the trials and hangings, in 1855 Suzzara Verdi returned to Mantua. He began to write in the local liberal-democratic journal ''La Lucciola (The Firefly)'', and became its editor before it was closed. In 1856 he began teaching. When the Second Italian War of Independence began in 1859 he was expelled from Mantua and forced into exile in Piedmont and Lombardy. In 1860 he participated in the
Expedition of the Thousand The Expedition of the Thousand () was an event of the unification of Italy that took place in 1860. A corps of volunteers led by Giuseppe Garibaldi sailed from Quarto al Mare near Genoa and landed in Marsala, Sicily, in order to conquer the Ki ...
in which forces led by
Giuseppe Garibaldi Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi ( , ;In his native Ligurian language, he is known as (). In his particular Niçard dialect of Ligurian, he was known as () or (). 4 July 1807 – 2 June 1882) was an Italian general, revolutionary and republican. H ...
overcame the
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies () was a kingdom in Southern Italy from 1816 to 1861 under the control of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon, Bourbons. The kingdom was the largest sovereign state by popula ...
, which was annexed to Italy. He contributed to the journals ''Eco della borsa'' and ''Il Pungolo (The Sting)'', then worked as press secretary for the superintendency of
Cremona Cremona ( , , ; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po (river), Po river in the middle of the Po Valley. It is the capital of the province of Cremona and the seat of the local city a ...
. He also wrote using the pen name of "Sordello". When Mantua became part of Italy in 1866, he returned and founded the political journal ''La Favilla (The Spark)'', which was published from 20 November 1866 to 17 August 1879. At first the journal followed a democratic line, then from 1871 to 1873 was internationalist, supporting the
International Workingmen's Association The International Workingmen's Association (IWA; 1864–1876), often called the First International, was a political international which aimed at uniting a variety of different left-wing socialist, social democratic, communist, and anarchist g ...
(IWA - often called the First International). Suzzara Verdi,
Lodovico Nabruzzi Lodovico Nabruzzi (25 June 1846 – 12 February 1916) was an Italian journalist and anarchist. He played a leading role in the dissensions between the revolutionary and evolutionary Italian socialists. He spent several years in exile in Switzerlan ...
and
Celso Ceretti Celso Ceretti (13 January 1844 – 12 January 1909) was an Italian supporter of Giuseppe Garibaldi, an internationalist anarchist and then a socialist politician. Early years Celso Ceretti was born on 23 January 1844 in Mirandola, Emilia-Romagn ...
were among the few internationalists who at first considered that Garibaldi's leadership was essential for a people's republic. In August 1872 Suzzara Verdi participated in the congress in
Rimini Rimini ( , ; or ; ) is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy. Sprawling along the Adriatic Sea, Rimini is situated at a strategically-important north-south passage along the coast at the southern tip of the Po Valley. It is ...
in which the Italian section of the IWA, the ''Federazione Italia dell'Associazione Internazionale dei Lavoratori '' (FIAIL) was constituted. He was elected to the statistics commission. He offered to make ''La Favilla'' the official organ of the movement, and in December 1872 it was proclaimed the national organ of the IWA. Suzzara Verdi's adherence to the IWA did not last, and he later joined the Democratic League of Padano-Veneta, supported by the republican Alberto Mario of the Province of Mantova. He was a proponent of organized labor, universal suffrage and radical democracy. He was an active Republican Socialist until his death. In October 1876 he was among the founders in Mantua of the ''Associazione Generale dei Lavoratori di Città e di Provincia'' (General Workers' Association of the City and Province). Paride Suzzara Verdi died on 7 August 1879 in Mantua aged 53. A street in Mantua is named after him.


Bibliography

* * *


References


Sources

* * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Suzzara-Verdi, Paride 1826 births 1879 deaths Italian male journalists 19th-century Italian journalists Writers from the Province of Mantua Politicians from the Province of Mantua 19th-century Italian male writers