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Pietro Maria Rocca (24 August 1847 – 26 August 1918) was an Italian
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Biography

He was born from a quite rich family in Alcamo, in the province of Trapani; after he had finished his studies among the
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, he entered the episcopal
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of Mazara del Vallo, but as he had no inclination for an ecclesiastical career, he left this seminary and followed his studies independently. Since his youth, however, he committed himself in the social field and for the public good. In 1863 they founded the first Conference of Saint Vincent de Paul in Alcamo, and in 1871 Pietro Maria Rocca promoted the institution of a
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of little artisans for the sustenance and education of young boys coming from poor families at the ex Convent of Saint Francis. In spite of all its appreciations, the boarding school was closed after a little time due to financial problems. In 1877 inside the Ex Church of Saint James of the Sword they had collected all the books from the convents suppressed by government, and Rocca made himself available for the cataloguing of those books, so originating the Civic Library in Alcamo. In 1881 he was admitted to the ''Società Siciliana per la Storia Patria'' and in 1884 he became a municipal councillor: he proposed the realization of a raised floor in the Ex Church of Saint James in order to protect from humidity the books and the notarial deeds he had collected. He also gathered some finds, such as oil lamps and stamps of bent tiles of the
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, and later entrusted them to the National Archaeological Museum of
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, where they can currently be seen. In 1893, he was appointed as president of the local hospital and he also had the office of
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Inspector. During all his life he was keen on the history and monuments of his town, publishing tens of books for which he received several favourable approvals and statements of merit.Andrea Chiarelli, Dario Cocchiara, Alcamo nel XX secolo volume I, Alcamo, Campo, 2005.


Works

# Capitoli della pescheria della città d'Alcamo: 1554; edited by P. M. Rocca (1887) # Della Cappella della Madonna dei miracoli in Alcamo; in: Archivio storico siciliano Ser. NS, vol. 6 (1881) p. 352-359 # Della Chiesa di S. Nicolò di Bari in Alcamo; Palermo: Tipografia dello Statuto, 1892 # Della Chiesa di S. Tommaso Apostolo in Alcamo; Palermo: Tipografia lo Statuto, 1896 # Della Chiesetta della Madonna delle Grazie in Alcamo e di un quadro della titolare dello stesso sacro edifizio; Palermo: Tipografia Boccone del Povero, 1911 # Delle fiere franche della città di Alcamo: notizie e documenti; Palermo: Tipografia Lo Statuto, 1889 # Della Membrana gabellarum e dei Capitoli della Nadaria e della Camperia della terra di Alcamo; Palermo: Tipografia Boccone del Povero, 1905 # Delle muraglie e porte della città di Alcamo; Palermo: Tipografia Lo Statuto, 1894 # Del quadro della Cappella Triolo nella Chiesa Madre di Alcamo; in: Archivio storico siciliano Ser. NS, vol. 8 (1883) p. 511-516 # Di alcuni stuccatori che lavoravano in Alcamo nel secolo 18°: notizie e documenti; Palermo: Tipografia Virzì, 1882 # Di alcuni antichi edifizi di Alcamo; Palermo: Tipografia Castellana-Di Stefano, 1905 # Di una nota del cav. Giuseppe Triolo Galifi relativa al soggiorno in Alcamo dell'Imperatore Carlo 5° nel 1535; Palermo: Tipografia Boccone del Povero, 1912 # Documenti relativi a pitture di Giuseppe Carrera; Palermo: Tipografia Virzì, 1881 # Documenti relativi a sei oscuri pittori siciliani dei secoli 17° e 18°; Palermo: Tipografia Boccone del povero, 1907 # Documenti relativi a tre ignoti pittori siciliani del secolo 16°-17°; Palermo: Tipografia dello Statuto, 1896 # Documenti relativi ad alcuni intagliatori in legno che lavoravano in Alcamo nella prima metà del secolo 16°; Palermo: Tipografia Lo Statuto, 1896 # Documenti sulle chiese di Alcamo fondate nei secoli 16° e 17° di P.M. Rocca-De Blasi, Ignazio. / aggiunte e correzioni al cap. # del discorso storico della opulenta città di Alcamo del dott. Ignazio De Blasi (1900); Palermo: Tipografia dello Statuto # Documenti su Mario Giambona: pittore siciliano del secolo # Palermo: Tipografia dello Statuto, 1892 # Due contratti di pace tra privati nel secolo 16°; 1893 # Due documenti sul pittore Giuseppe Sirena; Palermo: Tipografia dello Statuto, 1895 # Ferdinando Vega nella tradizione popolare alcamese, 1892 # Fonditori di campane in Alcamo; Palermo: Tipografia dello Statuto, 1890 # Guida artistica della città di Alcamo compilata da F.M. Mirabella e P.M. Rocca; Alcamo: Tipografia Bagolino, 1884 # Ignazio Ingrassia: scultore trapanese del secolo 17°; Palermo: Tipografia del giornale il Tempo, 1881 # I Saltarello orefici siciliani del secolo XVI; in: Archivio storico siciliano Ser. NS, vol. 9 (1884) p. 425-429 # Leggende e racconti siciliani, 1888 # Miscellanea alcamese: note storiche e racconti popolari / Pietro Maria Rocca; prefazione di Francesco Maria Mirabella; Alcamo: Sarograf, 1986 # Notizie storiche su Castellammare del Golfo, estratte dall'archivio dei Notari defunti alcamesi; Palermo: Tip. Dello Statuto, 1886 # Sopra un antico privilegio concesso a Bonifato e Indi confermato ad Alcamo; Palermo: Tip. Dello Statuto, 1887 # Tre tele di Andrea Carrera in Alcamo; In: Archivio storico siciliano Ser. NS, vol. 9 (1884) p. 218-223 # Un'illustrazione degli affreschi del duomo di Alcamo scritta nel secolo # Firenze: Tipografia pei minori corrigendi, 1906 # Vincenzo Iemma: letterato alcamese della prima meta del secolo # Palermo: Tip. del Giornale di Sicilia, 1882


See also

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Vincenzo Regina Monsignor Vincenzo Regina (Alcamo, 9 May 1910 – Alcamo, 3 August 2009) was an Italian presbyter and historian. Biography He was a figure of the clergy in Alcamo. He was ordained a priest in December 1932, when Alcamo still belonged to the Di ...
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Francesco Maria Mirabella Francesco Maria Mirabella (Alcamo, 4 April 1850 – Alcamo, 27 December 1931) was an Italian historian, educator, and poet. Biography He was born in Alcamo (in the province of Trapani): his father was Ludovico Mirabella, an ebonist and sculptor ...
* Carlo Cataldo * Alcamo


References


Sources

* Carlo Cataldo: La Casa del Sole p. 296-303; editore Campo, Alcamo, 1999 * Carlo Cataldo: La conchiglia di S.Giacomo p. 201-202; ed. Campo, Alcamo, 2001 * Andrea Chiarelli,Dario Cocchiara: Alcamo nel XX secolo volume I; editore Campo, Alcamo, 2005


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rocca, Pietro Maria People from Alcamo Italian art historians 1918 deaths 1847 births