Alessandro Serenelli was an Italian, who in 1902 attempted to seduce an eleven-year-old girl named Maria Goretti. Not succeeding, he attempted to rape her, and failing in that, he stabbed her 14 times, mortally wounding her. While serving 27 years in prison for his crime, he reported seeing a vision of his victim in which she repeated to him how she had forgiven him on her death bed. From this point he was converted and became a model prisoner. Upon his release, he worked as a gardener and porter in a convent of Capuchin friars in the Marches. Goretti was later proclaimed a saint by the Roman Catholic Church.
Alessandro Nesta, Ufficiale OMRI (born 19 March 1976) is a retired Italian professional footballer. Widely considered to be one of the best centre backs of his time and also as one of the greatest defenders ever.
Alessandro Del Piero (Italian pronunciation: [alesˈsandro del ˈpjɛːro]) Ufficiale OMRI[6][7] (born 9 November 1974) is an Italian footballer who currently plays for Delhi Dynamos FC in Indian Super League. He is second place in the ranking of Italian all-time top scorers (345 goals, and behind only Silvio Piola, 390 goals).
Alessandro Diamanti (born 2 May 1983) is an Italian professional football player who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for China Super League club Guangzhou Evergrande and the Italy national football team.
Alessandro Stradella (Nepi, 3 April 1639 – Genoa, 25 February 1682) was an Italian composer of the middle baroque. He enjoyed a dazzling career as a freelance composer, writing on commission, and collaborating with distinguished poets, producing over three hundred works in a variety of genres.
Alessandro Baricco (born January 25, 1958 in Turin, Piedmont[1]) is a popular Italian writer, director and performer. His novels have been translated into a wide number of languages.
Don Alessandro Torlonia (7 December 1911 – 1 May/12 May 1986) was the 5th Prince di Civitella-Cesi.He was the son of Marino Torlonia, 4th Prince di Civitella-Cesi and his American wife, Mary Elsie Moore. He was born in Rome and died in the Palazzo Torlonia, Rome.
I know the name of Alessandro Safina, a tenor from Italy, who's famous for the song "Luna".When I first heard his name, I was really like: wow... this man, with this beautiful, melting away voice, have such a beautiful name too. Alessandro has something romantic in it. It's like you say, Romeo. I love this name. Because of the tenor, but also because it's beautiful and in my opinion, romantic.
Alessandro Bibiena (1687-1769) was a member of the dynasty Bibiena (or Galli-Bibiena) which was a family of Italian architects, quadraturisti and stage designers.
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Alessandro Allori (1535-1607) was a Florentine painter.
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Alessandro Algardi (1598-1654) was an Italian Sculptor. His commissions include the tomb of Leo XI, Pope Leo Driving Attila from Rome, and The Decapitation of St Paul.
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Cardinal Alessandro Albani (1692-1779) was an Italian churchman, collector and art patron, a dominant figure in the art world of Rome.
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Alessandro Francesco Tommaso Manzoni (March 7, 1785–May 22, 1873) was an Italian poet and novelist.He was born in Milan. Don Pietro, his father, aged about fifty, belonged to an old family of Lecco, originally feudal lords of Barzio, in the Valsassina. The poet's maternal grandfather, Cesare Beccaria, was a well-known author, and his mother Giulia had literary talent as well. Alessandro was a slow developer, and at the various colleges he attended, he was considered a dunce. At fifteen, however, he developed a passion for poetry, and wrote two sonnets of considerable merit. Upon the death of his father in 1805, he joined his mother at Auteuil, and spent two years mixing with the literary set of the so-called "ideologues," philosophers of the 18th century school, among whom he made many friends, notably Claude Charles Fauriel. There too he imbibed the anti-Catholic creed of Voltairianism, and only after his marriage, under the influence of his wife, did he exchange it for a fervent Catholicism.
Alessandro Volta: Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta (February 18, 1745 - March 5, 1827) was an Italian physicist known especially for the development of the electric battery in 1800.
Alessandro Scarlatti (May 2, 1660 – October 24, 1725) was a Baroque composer especially famous for his operas and chamber cantatas. He is considered the founder of the Neapolitan school of opera. He was the father of two other composers, Domenico Scarlatti and Pietro Filippo Scarlatti.
Alessandro Serenelli was St. Maria Goretti's murderer. On July 5, 1902 Alessandro Serenelli (who was Maria's neighbor) at age 20 tried to abuse 11 year old Maria in many different ways. He stabbed her more than a dozen times because she wouldn't do what he wanted her to do with him. She eventually died the next day. But before Maria died, she forgave Alessandro for everything that he did. Maria died at age 11 years 9 months and 21 days old. (Maria is a beatified Saint in the Roman Catholic Church.)
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Alessandro Cortini is the current keyboard player in Nine Inch Nails. He also plays guitar and fronts his own band ModWheelMood.