Pietro Rosano

Pietro Rosano
Italian Minister of Finance
In office
3 November 1903 – 9 November 1903
Prime MinisterGiovanni Giolitti
Preceded byPaolo Carcano
Succeeded byLuigi Luzzatti
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
ConstituencyAversa
Personal details
Born(1846-12-25)25 December 1846
Naples, Italy
Died9 November 1903(1903-11-09) (aged 56)
Naples, Italy
Political partyHistorical Left
SpouseFrancesca Grandinetti
Parents
  • Marianna Vinci (father)
  • Giuseppe Rosano (mother)
RelativesGaspare Colosimo (wife's brother-in-law)
EducationLaw degree
ProfessionLawyer

Pietro Rosano (Naples, 25 December 1846 – Naples, 9 November 1903)[1] was an Italian politician and lawyer.

Biography

A supporter of Giovanni Giolitti, the statesman of Mondovì, Rosano was a member of Parliament representing the constituency of Aversa almost continuously from October 1882 to 1903, undersecretary at the Ministry of the Interior (1892–93) and Minister of Finance of the Kingdom of Italy in the Giolitti II Cabinet.

He was a prominent criminal lawyer whose penetrating and fascinating legal and oratorical style found success in all the courts of Italy and in the most difficult trials. Husband to the sister-in-law of the lawyer and philanthropist Gaspare Colosimo,[2] he was a pupil of Nicola Amore, the lawyer and mayor of Naples.

Shortly after the second Giolitti government gained confidence in the Chamber of Deputies, members of the Italian Socialist Party, the Italian Republican Party and the Italian Radical Party launched a campaign of personal attacks against him. Rosano, unaccustomed to such bitter political clashes and experiencing serious family problems, proclaimed his innocence by shooting himself in the heart at his home in Naples, only six days after taking office as Minister of Finance.[1][3][4]

The city of Aversa named a street after him and erected a marble monument[5] in the Villa Comunale.

Personal life

Some biographies[6] erroneously state that Pietro Rosano was born in Aversa. He was born in Naples on 25 December 1846[1][7] in via Ventaglieri 12.[8] He was born to Giuseppe Rosano, originally from Caivano, and Marianna Vinci.[1]

Together with Giovanni Battista Cassinis, keeper of the seals from Piedmont, Rosano was the second minister who committed suicide in office since the foundation of the Kingdom of Italy.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d de Majo, Silvio (2017). "ROSANO, Pietro". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 88. Retrieved 23 November 2021 – via Treccani.
  2. ^ Pietro Rosano's wife, Francesca, was from Calabria and was the sister of Tommasina Grandinetti, wife of Gaspare Colosimo.
  3. ^ "NEW ITALIAN CABINET" (PDF). The New York Times. 4 November 1903. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  4. ^ "ITALIAN DEPUTY FERRI THRASHED Shrugged His Shoulders When Asked a Question". Los Angeles Herald. Vol. XXXI, no. 45. 15 November 1903. Page 4, column 2. Retrieved 21 November 2021 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  5. ^ Work of the Calabrian sculptor, Francesco Jerace.
  6. ^ "Rosano, Piètro". sapere.it (in Italian). De Agostini Editore S.p.A. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Pietro Rosano". Deputati. Camera dei deputati - Portale Storico (in Italian). Parlamento Italiano. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  8. ^ Fortunato, Allegro. Il giglio e la sua ombra [The lily and its shadow] (in Italian).