Alessandro Manzoni (1785-1873) was an Italian poet and novelist. He is mainly remembered as the author of the novel “I promessi sposi” (“The Betrothed”), a masterpiece of world literature, about the story of a long-deferred marriage of two peasants named Renzo and Lucia.
Discovered on 1-10-1997 in Sormano by Sicoli, P., Testa, A.