GALASSI, Vincenzo. – Pontifical general, born in Rome in 1766, died there in 1847. A veteran of the Russian campaign; in 1816 he entered the Papal army as a colonel.
Promoted to brigadier general in 1818, at the beginning of 1831 he was tasked with opposing the advance of the revolutionary forces led by General Scrognani, who were threatening Latium. Despite having very limited resources, G. succeeded in defeating the enemy for the first time on 17 March at S. Lorenzo alle Grotte, and then definitively on 21 of the same month at Castiglione in Teverina, forcing the invaders to recross the Tiber and disperse. Order was thus restored, and the threat to Rome averted.