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Don Giacomo Cassani has been one of the first liberal priests of the diocese of Bologna, is born in Old from Antonio and poor Maria Lenzi, peasants, 18 21 March 1818 and christened Reno following with the name of Paschal Antonio. After its study in the Clementino seminary of Cento where he endured the influence of professor Alexander Rusconi been involved in the motions of the 1831 and well-known liberal one, clergyman was ordered and he was settled down to Renazzo. In 1845 it tried to become parish priest of Renazzo but in the meeting of the 15 june it obtained 277 ballots to favor and 398 contrarys. That favorable year was elect don Antonio Masotti with 430 and 245 contrarys. Also becoming parish priest it did not remain to Renazzo help don Masotti serving in the parish of Corporeno. In 1846 it joined to the political program neoguelfo of Vincenzo Gioberti and in 1849 it supported and it voted for the constituent of the roman republic that was after the escape of Pope Pio IX from Rome, for this and on signalling of don Masotti, came suspended to divinis from Opizzoni archbishop. It remained however to Renazzo and in 1850 it came cancel the procedure to return to celebrate the putting. Supporting in the 1859 intentional Italian national revolution defining it from the Providence it entered of new in controversy with the old catholics. In 1860 it was between the little from Bologna priests to receive Vittorio Emanuele II in S.Petronio to Bologna.  After the '60 ordinary university professor of canonical right near that university moved itself to Bologna becoming, contrary to the temporal power of the papacy and as for I conciliate Vatican was between those who they were opposed to the declaration of the papal no error. Promoted the publication of several reviews and printed several its written especially regarding problems of religious and ecclesiastical politics. In years 1877-78 it supported a controversy on the origin of the two Participation of Cento and Pieve and the issue of tenth of Cento, between the municipality and the church of Bologna, raised from the same elect Cassani in the 1890 communal of Cento councilman for beyond a 10 years. In 1883 we before see between and then quite president to it of the Society laborer of mutual aid of Renazzo, sanctioned from the 25 charter of November 1883. This association is the today's embryo of the mayoralty. June 1899 died to Bologna the 2.

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