The story of Edgardo Mortara, a young Jewish boy living in Bologna, Italy, who in 1858, after being secretly baptized, was forcibly taken from his family to be raised as a Christian. His parents’ struggle to free their son became part of a larger political battle that pitted the papacy against forces of democracy and Italian unification.
Keywords:
Italy
Pope
Baptism
Child kidnapping
19th century
Bologna
1850s
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Character: Edgardo Mortara (child)
Character: Edgardo Mortara
Character: Pio IX
Character: Momolo Mortara
Character: Marianna Mortara