Gustavo Ponza, conte di San Martino (1 June 1810 – 6 September 1876) was an Italian politician, who was administrator and senator of the

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. He was born in

Cuneo Cuneo (; pms, Coni ; oc, Coni/Couni ; french: Coni ) is a city and ''comune'' in Piedmont, Northern Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the fourth largest of Italy’s provinces by area. It is located at 550 metres (1,804 ft) in ...

, the son of conte Cesare. He was appointed ''Intendente generale'' of Genoa, (4 August 1848) and made a councillor of state of

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, 27 February 1852. President of the provincial council of

, his birthplace, he served as communal councillor for

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in 1857-64 and 1866-76. As the king's lieutenant governor at Naples, it was his duty to wait upon

Pope Pius IX Pope Pius IX ( it, Pio IX, ''Pio Nono''; born Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti; 13 May 1792 – 7 February 1878) was head of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878, the longest verified papal reign. He was notable for convoking the First Vatican ...

with suggestions for papal role in the

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, which Pius adamantly refused. He died at

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, near Cuneo, in 1876. His son,

Coriolano Ponza di San Martino Coriolano is both an Italian surname and a masculine Italian given name. Notable people with the name include: *Bartolomeo Coriolano, Italian Baroque engraver *Cristoforo Coriolano, German Renaissance engraver *Giovanni Battista Coriolano (1590–1 ...

(1842–1926), briefly served as Italian Minister of War in April 1900 – April 1902. :it:Coriolano Ponza di San Martino

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1810 births 1876 deaths People from Cuneo Italian politicians {{Italy-politician-stub

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