The early risers of the Quadraro, a working-class neighborhood of somewhat dilapidated houses and orchards on the southeastern outskirts of Rome, saw an older man, with white hair and a somewhat stiff walk, appear on April 25 of last year. That guy approached alone and in silence to a statue in honor of the fallen and placed a crown of flowers. He then climbed back into the official car that had brought him and calmly left to fulfill the rest of his Liberation Day engagements. It was Sergio Mattarella, President of the Republic. And he starred in a simple act...