Giovanni Giraud wrote: Nevertheless, he continued to perform with great success in Paris, London and Naples. As his career declined, he returned to Florence in 1826 where the protection of the Grand Duke guaranteed him impunity despite police surveillance. He died on 23 July 1836 in Florence and was buried in the Basilica of Santa Croce. References Bibliography 1789 births 1836 deaths Italian male stage actors 19th-century Italian poets 19th-century Italian male writers 19th-century LGBT people Italian gay actors Italian gay writers Italian LGBT poets LGBT Roman Catholics Gay poets People from Castiglion Fiorentino Burials at Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence LGBT history in Italy