Antonio Canepa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetAntonio Canepa
Italian politician
Date of Birth: 25-Oct-1908
Place of Birth: Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Date of Death: 17-Jun-1945
Profession: politician
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Antonio Canepa
- Antonio Canepa (Palermo, 25 October 1908 – Randazzo, 17 June 1945) was a Sicilian politician, revolutionary, professor and writer, known as one of the most important advocates of the Sicilian nationalism.
- He was the leader of the socialist faction of the Movement for the Independence of Sicily (Movimento per l'Indipendenza della Sicilia) and the founder of the Volunteer Army for the Independence of Sicily (Esercito Volontario per l'Indipendenza della Sicilia, EVIS). In 1942, under the alias of Mario Turri, he published the pamphlet "La Sicilia ai Siciliani" (Sicily for the Sicilians), an important separatist manifesto.
- He was killed in Randazzo in 1945 during a gunfight with the Carabinieri.
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