Antonio Canepa


Antonio Canepa 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 and the founder of the Volunteer Army for the Independence of Sicily.
In 1942, under the alias of Mario Turri, he published the pamphlet "La Sicilia ai Siciliani", an important separatist manifesto. He was killed in Randazzo in 1945 during a gunfight with the Carabinieri.