Carlo Cadorna (8 December 1809,

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– 2 December 1891,

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) was an

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politician and the elder brother of General

Raffaele Cadorna Raffaele Cadorna (9 February 1815 – 6 February 1897) was an Italian general who served as one of the major Piedmontese leaders responsible for the unification of Italy during the mid-19th century. Born in Milan, Cadorna entered the Piedmontese ...

. He graduated in law in 1830 at the

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. In 1840, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in the constituency of Pallanza. He was the Minister of Education during the government headed by

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. He was rapporteur of the law of secularisation of 29 May 1855 and spoke to a principle of separation of church and state, and that the Church would be responsible only spiritual power on "thoughts, aspirations, beliefs", while the assets of the Church must be under the jurisdiction of the state.Angela Pellicciari , Risorgimento anti-Catholic , Casale Monferrato, Piemme, p. 84 In 1857 Cadorna was elected President of the Chamber of Deputies of the

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, and in 1858 became a senator and appointed Minister of Education in the government led by

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(1858-1859). In 1864 he was the prefect of Turin, and in 1868 Minister of the Interior of the

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. He was the ambassador to the

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from 1869 to 1875.

Awards

Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus The Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus ( it, Ordine dei Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro) (abbreviated OSSML) is a Roman Catholic dynastic order of knighthood bestowed by the royal House of Savoy. It is the second-oldest order of knighthood in the wo ...

Order of the Crown of Italy The Order of the Crown of Italy ( it, Ordine della Corona d'Italia, italic=no or OCI) was founded as a national order in 1868 by King Vittorio Emanuele II, to commemorate the unification of Italy in 1861. It was awarded in five degrees for civi ...

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*http://notes9.senato.it/Web/senregno.NSF/6c6b53b3c4be04fbc1256ffc004e3641/7aa1cd043170465ec125706900318676?OpenDocument 1809 births 1891 deaths University of Turin alumni Ambassadors of Italy to the United Kingdom People from Pallanza Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Kingdom of Sardinia) Government ministers of Italy Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Kingdom of Italy) {{Italy-politician-stub