Ciceruacchio

Ciceruacchio
Drawing of Ciceruacchio after Antonio Rossetti
Born
Angelo Brunetti

(1800-09-27)27 September 1800
Died10 August 1849(1849-08-10) (aged 48)
MovementCarbonari
Young Italy
Spouse
Annetta Cimarra
(m. 1820)
ChildrenLuigi
Lorenzo

Angelo Brunetti (27 September 180010 August 1849), better known as Ciceruacchio, was a Roman popular leader who participated in the Roman Republic of 1849. Born in the Campo Marzio district of Rome, he owned a small carting business and became involved with the movement for the political unification of Italy. Having risen to a prominent position in Roman politics after the accession of Pope Pius IX, he supported the overthrow of the pope's government and the proclamation of the Republic. After the Republic's defeat by the French, Brunetti was captured and executed by the army of the Austrian Empire.