Enrico Pessina
Minister of Justice
In office
24 November 1884 – 29 June 1885
Preceded byNiccolò Ferracciu
Succeeded byDiego Tajani
Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce
In office
10 November 1878 – 19 December 1878
Preceded byBenedetto Cairoli
Succeeded bySalvatore Majorana Calatabiano
Senator
In office
16 March 1879 – 24 September 1916
Member of the Chamber of Deputies

Enrico Pessina (Naples, 17 October 1828 – Naples, 24 September 1916) was an Italian jurist, philosopher and politician. He was senator of the Kingdom of Italy in the XIII legislature.[1]

Biography

He completed both legal and philosophical studies at the University of Naples. He was a student of the Calabrian philosopher Pasquale Galluppi, for whom he edited the posthumous edition of the "History of Philosophy", a year after his death.[2]

A man of liberal ideas, he was an opponent of the Bourbons, taking part in the riots of 1848. The following year he published his Manual of Constitutional Law which earned him police persecution and then prison.[1] In 1856 he married Giulia Settembrini, daughter of Luigi Settembrini, at the time of the marriage secluded on Santo Stefano Island.[3] In 1860 Pessina fled the Kingdom and resided in Livorno, only to be appointed professor of law at the University of Bologna the following year.[1]

With the fall of the Bourbons, he returned to Naples where he was deputy general prosecutor. Deputy from 1861 and then Senator of the Kingdom of Italy from 1876, he was minister of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce in the first Cairoli government (1878) and Minister of Justice in the sixth Depretis government (1884-1885).[1][4] he also served as Vice-President of the Senate on a number of occasions (13 November 1887 – 3 August 1890) (7 December 1890 – 27 September 1892) (21 November 1892 – 13 January 1895) (2 June 1895 – 2 March 1897) (10 November 1898 – 17 May 1900).[5]

In 1875 he founded the legal magazine Il Filangieri with it:Federico Persico.[6][3]

In 1899 he became a member of the Accademia dei Lincei[7][8][3] and in 1914 he became President of the Royal Society for the Promotion of the Natural Sciences of Naples.[5]

He died in 1916 in his home in via del Museo Nazionale, a street that later took his name: via Enrico Pessina. Even the palace where he lived and died has since been remembered with his name.

One of the 229 busts of illustrious Italians that adorn the Pincio promenade in Rome is dedicated to him.[9]

Honours

Cavaliere di Gran Croce decorato di Gran Cordone dell'Ordine dei Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro - ribbon for ordinary uniform
Cavaliere di Gran Croce decorato di Gran Cordone dell'Ordine dei Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro - ribbon for ordinary uniform
Grand Cordon of the order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus[5]
Cavaliere di Gran Croce decorato di Gran Cordone dell'Ordine della Corona d'Italia - ribbon for ordinary uniform
Cavaliere di Gran Croce decorato di Gran Cordone dell'Ordine della Corona d'Italia - ribbon for ordinary uniform
Grand Cordon of the Order of the Crown of Italy[5]
Cavaliere BAR
Cavaliere BAR
Knight of the Military Order of Savoy[5]
Ordine Civile di Savoia BAR
Ordine Civile di Savoia BAR
Knight of the Civil Order of Savoy[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Pessina, Enrico". treccani.it. Enciclopedia Italians.
  2. ↑ Pessina, Enrico (1847). Elogio funebre di Pasquale Galluppi. Naples. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 Miletti, Marco Nicola. "Pessina, Enrico". treccani.it. Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Enrico Pessina". storia.camera.it. Camera dei Deputati. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "PESSINA Enrico". senato.it. Senato Della Repubblica. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  6. ↑ Malatesta, Maria (2002). Society and the Professions in Italy, 1860-1914. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 321. ISBN 9780521893831. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  7. ↑ Bollettino. Palermo: Accademia di scienze, lettere e belle arti di Palermo. 1892. p. 78. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  8. ↑ Pennetti, Vincenzo (1896). Reato di spionaggio in tempo di guerra e di pace. Naples: Libreria Luigi Pierro. p. 40. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  9. ↑ Rivista di diritto penitenziario studi teorici e pratici. Rome: Tip. delle Mantellate. 1939. p. 289. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
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