 It is best known among Italians as the "Inno di Mameli" (, "Mameli's Hymn"), after the author of the lyrics, or "Fratelli d'Italia" (, "Brothers of Italy"), from its opening line.The words were written in the autumn of 1847 in Genoa, by the then 20-year-old student and patriot Goffredo Mameli.Two months later, they were set to music in Turin by another Genoese, Michele Novaro.