From the register to History
This page collects the birth, death or marriage records of certain personalities who, through their lives, have left their mark on the country’s collective memory.
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Raffaele Mattioli (1895-1973)
Raffaele Mattioli was born in Vasto on March 20, 1895. In 1912, he enrolled in the Faculty of Economics at…
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Giulio Battelli (1904-2005)
Giulio Battelli was born in Rome on April 11, 1904. He graduated in 1928 with a degree in Humanities from…
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Sandro Pertini (1896-1990)
Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Pertini was born in Stella (SV) on September 25, 1896, to Alberto Gianandrea, a landowner, and Maria…
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Elvira Notari (1875-1946)
Maria Elvira Giuseppa Coda, later married Notari, was born in Salerno on February 10, 1875. After graduating as a teacher,…
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Elena Di Porto (1912-1943)
Elena Di Porto was born in Rome on November 11, 1912, to Angelo and Grazia Astrologo. A Jewish family residing…
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Ada Negri (1870-1945)
Ada Negri was born in Lodi on February 3, 1870, into a family of humble circumstances. Her father, Giuseppe, died…
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Antonia Pozzi (1912-1938)
Antonia Pozzi was born in Milan on 12th February 1912 to Roberto, a lawyer, and Countess Carolina Lavagna Sangiuliani di…
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Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Giacomo Puccini was born in Lucca on 22th December 1858 to Michele and Albina Magi. The sixth of nine children…
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Filippo De Cecco (1854-1930)
Filippo Giovanni De Cecco (or Di Cecco, as he was known at the registry office) was born in Fara San…
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Wanda Osiris (1905-1994)
Wanda Osiris – born Anna Menzio – was born in Rome on June 3rd, 1905, to Giuseppe, groom to the…
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Eduardo De Filippo (1900-1984)
Eduardo De Filippo was born in Naples, at 5 Via Vittoria Colonna, on May 26th 1900. The illegitimate son of…
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Pasquale Vena (1871-1937)
Pasquale Vena was born on 8th September 1871, in Pisticci (MT). He left while still very young along with his…
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Lorenzo Respighi (1824-1889)
Lorenzo Leone Antonio Maria Respighi was born in Cortemaggiore (PC) on 7th October 1824. Being orphaned of both parents at…
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Alba de Céspedes (1911-1997)
Alba Carla Laurita de Céspedes was born in Rome on 11th March 1911, to Laura Bertini Alessandrini of Rome and…
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Gino Coppedè (1866-1927)
Gino Coppedè was born in Florence on 26th September 1866, to Mariano, a carver by trade, and Antonietta Bizzarri. After…
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Frate Menotti (1863-1924)
Menotti Vittorio Amedeo Bianchi, aka Friar Menotti, was born in Bari on 24th September 1863, to Tommaso and Angela de’…