The life story of a man who, departing from Bra, illuminated the cultural life of Bologna and the nation for many years, alongside his fellow citizen Edoardo Brizio and his close friend Giosuè Carducci.
The intense correspondence between the Latinist from Bra and the proud Maremma native, the letters to his friend Brizio, the official speeches as an academic and representative of the ancient Alma Mater Studiorum University, the relationship with his student Giovanni Pascoli, the rational and meticulous method of translating from Italian to Latin, along with stories of Bra and cultural life of the time, will outline the figure of a cultured man, a faithful friend, and a loving father.
