Augusto Armellini Explained

Augusto Armellini (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]}

Notes and References

1. http://dl.antenati.san.beniculturali.it/v/Archivio+di+Stato+di+Roma/Stato+civile+italiano/Roma/Morti/1912/n+397-792+Vol+2+Parte+1+Serie+1/007660862_00105.jpg.html Archivio di Stato di Roma: Roma, Morte 1912
2. https://dgagaeta.cultura.gov.it/public/uploads/documents/Rassegna/6098b2154f354.pdf 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. https://access-newspaperarchive-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/au/south-australia/adelaide/adelaide-southern-cross/1912/05-24/page-7 Death-bed Conversion of an Ex-Mayor of Rome in "Adelaide Southern Cross", 24 May 1912, p. 7/20
7. https://access-newspaperarchive-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/us/minnesota/saint-paul/saint-paul-catholic-bulletin/1912/04-06/page-1 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