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in Piedmont-Sardinia. He wrote for the first Catholic journal in Italy, ''L'Ape''.

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addressed his letter ' to him. Taparelli was born in

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to Roberto Taparelli, conte di Lagnasco, and Giustina Genolla. In 1774, he joined the

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. In 1784, he experienced a religious turn. In 1788, he married Cristina Morozzo di Bianzè, with whom he had three sons who survived to adulthood: Roberto,

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and

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. All their other children died young. Taparelli died in

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, where had accompanied his ailing wife.

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* * {{Refend 1763 births 1830 deaths