CAMPANELLA, ANTONIO MARIA. – Born in Genoa on 2 March 1811, died there on 23 March 1910. After being ordained a priest, he taught sacred eloquence at the archiepiscopal seminary of his native city, and became one of the most militant exponents of the Catholic press after 1848, directing Il Cattolico for several years.
Devoted to the cause of Pius IX, he opposed the work of Archbishop Charvaz when the latter appeared too accommodating toward the liberal principles of the Sardinian state. He published a Lettera al reverendo signor Eurico Toriaz, canonico della Metropolitana di Genova, autore della biografia di mons. arcivescovo Andrea Charvaz (Genova 1871).
BIBL.: F. Poggi, s. V. in Diz. Risorgimento, II, pp. 499–500. Silvio Furlani