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

Pellegrino Rossi Pellegrino Luigi Odoardo Rossi (13 July 1787 – 15 November 1848) was an Italian economist, politician and jurist. He was an important figure of the July Monarchy in France, and the minister of justice in the government of the Papal States, unde ...

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

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in the writing of the Constitution. When the Republic was smashed 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 Faustina Bracci Armellini (1785–1857) was an Italian pastellist Born in Rome, Bracci Armellini was the daughter of , an architect, and granddaughter of the sculptor Pietro Bracci. In 1811 she became a member of the Accademia di San Luca, which ...

.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.

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