Johann Spangher (
Villesse
Villesse ( fur, Vilès) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Gorizia in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about southwest of Gorizia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,56 ...
, 24 May 1802 –
Villesse
Villesse ( fur, Vilès) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Gorizia in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about southwest of Gorizia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,56 ...
, 29 July 1852) was an Italian politician, judge and
irredentist
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.
Biography
G.B Spangher was born in
Villesse
Villesse ( fur, Vilès) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Gorizia in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about southwest of Gorizia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,56 ...
, a small town near
Gorizia
Gorizia (; sl, Gorica , colloquially 'old Gorizia' to distinguish it from Nova Gorica; fur, label= Standard Friulian, Gurize, fur, label= Southeastern Friulian, Guriza; vec, label= Bisiacco, Gorisia; german: Görz ; obsolete English ''Gori ...
, from G.B. Spangar and from Vecchi Pasqua. The family was well off and practiced mercantile activity. He married in 1842 with Orsola Vianello, daughter of Giuseppe and
Giuditta Venier, exponent of a noble family of the Venetian patriciate, from which he had in 1852 Cav.Giovanni Spangher (who then embarked on a brilliant career within Credito Italiano). He transmitted the patriotic ideals to his son who was later condemned to death because he refused to fight in the Austrian army (as he considered himself an Italian citizen).
After completing his law studies, he worked as a lawyer and judge in
Gorizia
Gorizia (; sl, Gorica , colloquially 'old Gorizia' to distinguish it from Nova Gorica; fur, label= Standard Friulian, Gurize, fur, label= Southeastern Friulian, Guriza; vec, label= Bisiacco, Gorisia; german: Görz ; obsolete English ''Gori ...
,
Monfalcone
Monfalcone (; Bisiacco: ; fur, Monfalcon; sl, Tržič; archaic german: Falkenberg) is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Gorizia in Friuli Venezia Giulia, northern Italy, located on the Gulf of Trieste. Monfalcone means 'falcon mountain ...
,
Aquileia and Grandisca. On 30 November 1848 he was elected to the first Austrian democratic parliament after the revolutions of March 1848, where he remained in office until February 1849. He took part in the great renewal approved in parliament towards the end of 1848 which released from the point of economic view the proletarians from the noble landowners, ending to decades of infighting. In the 1950s he started and financed the project to complete the bell tower of the church of San Rocco in
Villesse
Villesse ( fur, Vilès) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Gorizia in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about southwest of Gorizia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,56 ...
. Giovanni Battista died suddenly in his hometown in 1852.
Bibliography
*Das heilige Geistspital zu Freising: eine Gelegenheitsschrift Di Johann B. Prechtl.
*Archive of the Austrian Parliament.
*Protokoll (Protocoll) der ... Sitzung der constituirenden Reichsversammlung.
*Verhandlungen des österreichischen Reichstages nach der ..., Volume 4 Di Austria. Reichstag.
Verhandlungen des österreichischen Reichstages nach der ..., Volume 4 Di Austria. Reichstag
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Historical Left politicians
1802 births
1852 deaths