Antonio Allegra

Template:Short description Antonio Allegra (1905 – 1969) was an Italian organist and lyricist. As one of the organists of St. Peter's Basilica at his time, he wrote the words to Inno e Marcia Pontificale, which was adopted in 1949 as the national anthem of the Holy See (Vatican City).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The music was by Charles Gounod.

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