Cesare Taparelli, marchese d'Azeglio (10 February 1763 – 26 November 1830),[1] was an Italian soldier, monarchist and writer, a leading figure of the Catholic counter-Enlightenment in Piedmont-Sardinia. He wrote for the first Catholic journal in Italy, L'Ape. Alessandro Manzoni addressed his letter Sul romanticismo to him.[2]
Taparelli was born in Turin to Roberto Taparelli, conte di Lagnasco, and Giustina Genolla. In 1774, he joined the Royal Sardinian Army. In 1784, he experienced a religious turn. In 1788, he married Cristina Morozzo di Bianzè, with whom he had three sons who survived to adulthood: Roberto, Luigi and Massimo. All their other children died young. Taparelli died in Genoa, where had accompanied his ailing wife.[1]
