Masaniello

For the opera, see La muette de Portici.

Tommaso Aniello (29 June 1620 – 16 July 1647), popularly known by the contracted name of Masaniello (Italian: [mazaˈnjɛlːo], Neapolitan: [masaˈnjelːə]), was an Italian fisherman, who led the Neapolitan Revolt of 1647 against the rule of Habsburg Spain in the Kingdom of Naples.

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