Santarosa, SantorreAnnibale De Rossi di Pomarolo, conte di
Santarosa, SantorreAnnibale De Rossi di Pomarolo, conte di
säntôr´rā än-nē´bälā dā rôs´sē dē pōmärô´lō kôn´tā dē sän˝tärô´zä [key], 1783–1825, Italian revolutionary. Hoping to establish a constitutional monarchy underCharles Albert, heir to the throne of Sardinia, he organized an unsuccessful revolution in Piedmont in 1821. He fled to Switzerland, then died while fighting for Greek independence.
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