15 Facts About Daniele Manin

Daniele Manin was an Italian patriot, statesman and leader of the Risorgimento in Venice.

Daniele Manin was born Daniele Fonseca in Ramo Astori, Venice, where his birthplace is commemorated by a plaque.

Daniele Manin's niece was the painter and printmaker Leopoldina Zanetti Borzino.

In 1847, Manin presented a petition to the Venetian congregation, a consultative assembly tolerated by Austria, informing the emperor of the wants of the nation.

Daniele Manin was arrested on a charge of high treason on 18 January 1848, although his arrest only served to agitate of the Venetians.

Daniele Manin was in favour of Italian unity and was not anxious about annexation to Piedmont because he would have liked to enlist French aid.

Early in 1849, Daniele Manin was again chosen president of the Republic, and conducted the defence of the city, with the citizens fighting back the reoccupation.

Daniele Manin was seconded by the Neapolitan general, Guglielmo Pepe, who led the Neapolitan army to defend Venice against his king's order.

On 24 August 1849, Daniele Manin succeeded in negotiating amnesty to save Daniele Manin himself, Pepe and some others who were to go into exile.

Daniele Manin's wife died in Marseille, and he himself reached Paris.

Daniele Manin died on 22 September 1857 and was buried in Ary Scheffer's family tomb.

Daniele Manin's remains are interred in a sarcophagus, which is located in the Piazzetta dei Leoncini, on the north side of the Basilica San Marco.

Daniele Manin was a man of the greatest honesty, and possessed genuinely statesmanlike qualities.

Daniele Manin believed in Italian unity when most men, even Cavour, regarded it as a vain thing.

For example, during the 1856 Congress of Paris, Daniele Manin met with Cavour to discuss the unification of Italy.