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An Account Of The Vicissitudes Of The Neapolitan Masonry;
These ivere men of the highest integrity , men of the soundest erudition , men of the literary republic—they were the Alasons themselves . Let me cite the names of some of them , who , despising the greatest torment , and even death , upheld the honour and dignity of character of brave men . of citizens and of masons , and who have rendered themselves worthy of being remembered by history , and of being ranked among the heroes of that period .
Serrao , Bishop of Potenza , hanged ; Admiral Carraciolo , competitor with Nelson , hanged ; Battistessa , hanged badly ancl afterwards had his throat cut ; General Schipani , hanged ; General Mantone , hanged ; Granale ' , from the ladder of the scaffold looking at the people , exhorts his friends to revenge the betrayed nation , and dies a hero ; Conforti , a distinguished author , hanged ; Fiano , Serio , and Velasco , hanged ; Carafa , one of the Dukes of Andria , hanged ; Piguotelli , and five others ofthe
same name , hanged ; Cirillo , the famous physician , condemned to death , —had grace offered him for the services he had rendered the king and his family , but he refused it , saying , that only assassins needed grace ; Colonna , Falconieri , Fiorentini , and Scotti , author of the nautical catechism , hanged ; Russo , Ciaja , Bafij , and Neri , hanged ; Luogoteta , the famous lawyer , Rotondo , Pagano , the famous poet , Defilippis , then minister of warAlbaneseGeneral FedericiBishop de VicoAluscari
, , , , , Prince of Tarella , Troise , Masso , and Mancini—all hanged . The Duke de la Torre , and five other Masons , were burned alive ; and a great number of brave Masons , whom , for the sake of brevity , I will not name , with forty priests , ancl thirty magistrates , were all hanged . I will now continue my relation ; but allow me to give an explanation of the term " Holy faith . " This lawless band of robbers signified by this expression , that the pillage and carnage were committed iii the name and b
y the authority of the hol y faith : and this appellation was given them by their leader , the Cardinal Ruffo . The French republican army was so small in the States of Naples , and especially in the town itself , that it scarcely sufficed as a garrison of one fort ; and all the other forces which were opposed to the famous Cardinal , were composed of young people ofthe best families in the kingdom , and commanded by the choicest of the middle classes , and by nobles , almost all of them being Masons—viz ., Mantone , Federici , Schipani , and many others , who lost their lives in the most heroic manner on ' the scaffold , in
defending their rights , those of their country and of their brethren . The arrests continued , and the prisons of the capital and of the whole kingdom being filled , the new government was obliged to take measures for emptying them . As even the Ruffistes themselves were tired of so much slaughter , they took to the expedient of exiling a number of the prisoners ; who were embarked in vessels of the government and transported to France . Imagine to yourselves an immense number of these martyrsdisembarked in
, France , which at this moment was preparing to defend herself from her enemies of the whole north of Europe , who threatened to invade her . Without means , without trade , these poor exiles were obliged to disperse themselves through the different provinces in order to procure employment , and not being able to obtain it , they had no other resource than to enlist , and were placed in the regiments which constituted part of the Italian army . This army , having crossed the Alps , and having afterwards obtained numerous victories over the allies , made themselves master of all Italy , and thus the Neapolitan exiles were restored to their country .
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An Account Of The Vicissitudes Of The Neapolitan Masonry;
These ivere men of the highest integrity , men of the soundest erudition , men of the literary republic—they were the Alasons themselves . Let me cite the names of some of them , who , despising the greatest torment , and even death , upheld the honour and dignity of character of brave men . of citizens and of masons , and who have rendered themselves worthy of being remembered by history , and of being ranked among the heroes of that period .
Serrao , Bishop of Potenza , hanged ; Admiral Carraciolo , competitor with Nelson , hanged ; Battistessa , hanged badly ancl afterwards had his throat cut ; General Schipani , hanged ; General Mantone , hanged ; Granale ' , from the ladder of the scaffold looking at the people , exhorts his friends to revenge the betrayed nation , and dies a hero ; Conforti , a distinguished author , hanged ; Fiano , Serio , and Velasco , hanged ; Carafa , one of the Dukes of Andria , hanged ; Piguotelli , and five others ofthe
same name , hanged ; Cirillo , the famous physician , condemned to death , —had grace offered him for the services he had rendered the king and his family , but he refused it , saying , that only assassins needed grace ; Colonna , Falconieri , Fiorentini , and Scotti , author of the nautical catechism , hanged ; Russo , Ciaja , Bafij , and Neri , hanged ; Luogoteta , the famous lawyer , Rotondo , Pagano , the famous poet , Defilippis , then minister of warAlbaneseGeneral FedericiBishop de VicoAluscari
, , , , , Prince of Tarella , Troise , Masso , and Mancini—all hanged . The Duke de la Torre , and five other Masons , were burned alive ; and a great number of brave Masons , whom , for the sake of brevity , I will not name , with forty priests , ancl thirty magistrates , were all hanged . I will now continue my relation ; but allow me to give an explanation of the term " Holy faith . " This lawless band of robbers signified by this expression , that the pillage and carnage were committed iii the name and b
y the authority of the hol y faith : and this appellation was given them by their leader , the Cardinal Ruffo . The French republican army was so small in the States of Naples , and especially in the town itself , that it scarcely sufficed as a garrison of one fort ; and all the other forces which were opposed to the famous Cardinal , were composed of young people ofthe best families in the kingdom , and commanded by the choicest of the middle classes , and by nobles , almost all of them being Masons—viz ., Mantone , Federici , Schipani , and many others , who lost their lives in the most heroic manner on ' the scaffold , in
defending their rights , those of their country and of their brethren . The arrests continued , and the prisons of the capital and of the whole kingdom being filled , the new government was obliged to take measures for emptying them . As even the Ruffistes themselves were tired of so much slaughter , they took to the expedient of exiling a number of the prisoners ; who were embarked in vessels of the government and transported to France . Imagine to yourselves an immense number of these martyrsdisembarked in
, France , which at this moment was preparing to defend herself from her enemies of the whole north of Europe , who threatened to invade her . Without means , without trade , these poor exiles were obliged to disperse themselves through the different provinces in order to procure employment , and not being able to obtain it , they had no other resource than to enlist , and were placed in the regiments which constituted part of the Italian army . This army , having crossed the Alps , and having afterwards obtained numerous victories over the allies , made themselves master of all Italy , and thus the Neapolitan exiles were restored to their country .