Augusto Armellini (c. 1827 – 2 March 1912)[1] was an Italian politician. He was the son of Carlo Armellini and his second wife, the artist Faustina Bracci.[2] He was acting mayor of Rome from July 1880 to October 1881, and mayor of Rome, Kingdom of Italy, from 1889 to 1890.[3][4][5] Shortly afterwards he was struck by blindness and paralysis. After a lifetime of fierce opposition to the Catholic church, he underwent a death-bed conversion before his death at the age of 86. He was buried in the Campo Verano.[6] [7]

Augusto Armellini's portrait

References

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  1. ^ Archivio di Stato di Roma: Roma, Morte 1912
  2. ^ Carlo M. Fiorentino: "Carlo Armellini in Una Recente Biografia" in Rassegna degli Archivi di Stato di Roma, LVI, No. 2, 1996, p. 435
  3. ^ Riccardo Fait (ed.): Armellini Cav. Augusto in "Biografie dei Consigliari Comunali di Roma dal Settembre 1870", Tipografia Cuggiani, Santini e C., 1873; unpaginated: 2 pp. & portrait (online version)
  4. ^ Italy: Documents and Notes, vol. 19; Centro di documentazione, 1970; pp. 439-440
  5. ^ Alberto Caracciolo, Roma Capitale. Dal Risorgimento alla crisi dello Stato liberale, Roma, Rinascita, 1956
  6. ^ Death-bed Conversion of an Ex-Mayor of Rome in "Adelaide Southern Cross", 24 May 1912, p. 7/20
  7. ^ Death-bed Conversion: Ex-Mayor Armellini, a Lifelong Enemy of the Church, Repents on His Death-bed in "Saint Paul Catholic Bulletin", 6 April 1912, p. 1/8
Preceded by Mayor of Rome
1889–1890
Succeeded by