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Giuseppe Manno (17 March 1786 – 25 January 1868) was an
Italian
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magistrate, politician and historian. He was elected president of the
Senate
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of the
Kingdom of Sardinia
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, and later of the
Kingdom of Italy
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.
Biography
Manno was born in Alghero,
Sardinia
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17 March 1786 from a noble family, his father was Antonio Manno and his mother was Caterina Diaz. He moved to Cagliari, where he graduated in Civil and Canon law in 1804; in 1805 he became a tax lawyer for the ''
Reale Udienza {{Short description, Supreme court of the Kingdom of Sardinia
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It was originally founded by a royal decree of Philip II of Spain, also king of ...
'' and in 1811 he collaborated for the realization of the magazine ''Foglio periodico di Sardegna'', printed in Cagliari.
He moved to Turin in 1817, where he was appointed ''First official of the State Secretary for the Sardinian Affairs''. He became the personal secretary of the King
Charles Felix in 1821.
He was appointed as a member of the ''Supremo Consiglio di Sardegna'' (Supreme Council of Sardinia) in 1823, where he worked to modernize the legal system of the Kingdom.
In 1826 he became a member of the ''Accademia delle Scienze di Torino'', and in 1834 became ''
Academic della Crusca''.
On 14 October 1845, he was elected President of the Senate of
Nice
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, and in 1847 was elected president of the Senate of
Piedmont
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Honours and awards
*Knight of the
Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
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*Comendador of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
*Knight of Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
*Knight of the
Civil Order of Savoy
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*Milite of the
Military Order of Savoy
The Military Order of Savoy was a military honorary order of the Kingdom of Sardinia first, and of the Kingdom of Italy later. Following the abolition of the Italian monarchy, the order became the Military Order of Italy.
History
The origin of ...
Works
*''Lettere di un sardo in Italia'' (1993 - 1816 / 1817), Quartu S. Elena, Astra.
*''Storia di Sardegna'', Torino, Alliana e Paravia, 1825–27, in 4 voll.
*'' De' vizi dei letterati '', Torino, Alliana, 1828.
*''Storia moderna della Sardegna'', Torino, Favale, 1842.
*''Legislation de l'ile de Sardaigne'', Paris, De Fain et Thunot, 1844.
*''Note sarde'', Torino, Stamperia Reale, 1868.
Further reading
* Antonello Mattone, Giuseppe Manno Magistrato, Storico, Letterato tra Piemonte della Restaurazione e Italia Liberale, Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, 2009
Biography by website of the Museum dedicated to Giuseppe Manno
External links
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1786 births
1868 deaths
People from Alghero
19th-century Italian historians
Members of the Senate of the Kingdom of Sardinia
Members of the Senate of the Kingdom of Italy
Presidents of the Italian Senate
19th-century Italian politicians