His memory is also reported on the current (but composed in 1848) Italian National anthem, "Il Canto degli Italiani", popularly known as "Fratelli d'Italia" ("Brothers of Italy"): "I bimbi d'Italia / si chiaman Balilla / il suon d'ogni squilla / i Vespri suonò". The second reference is to the 1282 insurrection called the "Vespri Siciliani".