Eligio Pometta
Eligio Pometta (born September 27, 1865 in Cerentino , † July 2, 1950 in Faido ) was a Swiss politician and local researcher .
Life
Eligio Giuseppe Pometta was the son of the country doctor Angelo Pometta (born May 9, 1834 in Broglio; ibid June 23, 1876), who is also mayor of Broglio and Ticino cantonal parliament was, and his wife Leopoldina (born October 1, 1844 in Cerentino; † unknown), born Capponi. His brothers were the teacher and politician Angiolo Pometta (1871-1951) and the teacher and historian Giuseppe Pometta (1872-1963). His maternal grandfather was the politician Daniele Capponi (1810–1876).
He attended school in Cremona in Italy and received his Matura at the grammar school in Caprino Bergamasco ; He then studied law at the University of Bern and the University of Munich , but did not finish his studies.
From 1889 to 1890 he worked as government secretary, but then resigned after the radical Ticino putsch of September 11, 1890 and became editor of various conservative papers, among others, together with Giuseppe Cattori , for the party newspaper La Libertà and La Voce del Popolo ; he was also an employee of the Schweizerische Rundschau .
In 1901 he became editor of the new party newspaper Popolo e Libertà together with Giuseppe Cattori and from 1901 to 1911 he was on the Ticino Grand Council. From 1916 to 1929 he was secretary and translator for the Swiss Federal Railways ; During this time he was also the editor of the Bollettino storico della Svizzera italiana from 1921 to 1941 and conducted his historical studies. His Storia del cantone Ticino , edited with Giulio Rossi, was for a long time the only overview of Ticino's history.
He emphasized the relationship between Ticino and Italy and distanced himself from an interpretation of the canton's history under the sign of Helvetism .
Eligio Pometta was married to Maria, daughter of Josef Viktor Widmann ; however, they separated again after a short time.
Fonts (selection)
- Primizie nell'occasione del giubileo sacerdotale di sua santità Leone XIII. Tipografia Cavalleri e Bazzi, Como 1887.
- La battaglia d'Arbedo (30 giugno 1422): Lavoro-Sezionale della Burgundia. Schill, Lucerna 1887.
- with Johann Rudolf Rahn : I monumenti artistici del Medio Evo nel Cantone Ticino . Bellinzona: Tipo-Litografia di Carlo Salvioni, Bellinzona 1894.
- Maurus Waser, Eligio Pometta: Geografia illustrata della Svizzera per la scuola e per la casa di Maccro Waser. Einsiedeln 1897.
- with Mario Jäggli: Guida di Bellinzona. Stabilimento Tipo-litografico già Colombi, Bellinzona 1909.
- Manuale di processi chimici di facile applicazione e di sicuro apprezzamento per eseguire un'analisi sommaria delle derrate alimentari sospette ad uso dei periti locali, delle commissioni sanitarie comunali, dei commercianti e negozianti del Cantone Ticino. Tipografia Luganese, Lugano 1912.
- Come il Ticino venne in potere degli Svizzeri . Bellizona 1913.
- Sunto di storia ticinese dai tempi preistorici sin dopo la battaglia di Arbedo. Tipografia Cantonale, Bellinzona 1913.
- Lugano, Locarno e Valle Maggia (1513-1913). SA Stabilimento Tipo-Litografico, Bellinzona 1913.
- Distruzione del castello di Lugano, Mendrisio e Balerna. Bellinzona 1915.
- with Carlo Sambucco: Corso di storia. Arturo Salvioni, Bellinzona 1918–1919.
- Le case dei pagani ed i saraceni nelle alpi (888-960): le donazione di Atto (948) . In: Anzeiger für Schweizerische Altertumskunde , Issue 4, Volume 22. 1920. P. 270 f.
- Come l'Austria si asservi il Governo dei Iandamani (1816-1817) . In: Journal for Swiss History , Issue 3, Volume 6. 1926. P. 368 f.
- Le old Valli del Ticino nella guerra di Svevia (1499) . In: Der Geschichtsfreund: Mitteilungen des Historisches Verein Zentralschweiz , Volume 83. 1928. P. 139 f.
- I più antichi abitatori del Ticino e le loro sedi . In: Journal for Swiss History, Issue 1, Volume 13. 1933, p. 111 f.
- with Giulio Rossi: Storia del cantone Ticino. SA Tipografia Editrice, Lugano 1941.
- with Virgilio Chiesa : Storia di Lugano. Istituto Editoriale Ticinese, Lugano 1942.
- with Giulio Rossi: History of the Canton of Ticino. Bern 1944.
- with Aldo Bassetti: Gli ultimi anni di Bellinzona ducale e la sua volontaria dedizione agli svizzeri (1495-1500): appendice . In: Quaderni grigionitaliani , volume 2, volume 16. 1946–1947. P. 126 f.
literature
- Marco Marcacci: Eligio Pometta. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . July 16, 2008 , accessed April 20, 2020 .
- Giuseppe Martinola : Eligio Pometta † (obituary; Italian). In: Journal of Swiss History , Issue 4 (1950), p. 605 f.
- Fernando Zappa: Eligio Pometta (1865–1950). In: Alberto Lepori, Fabrizio Panzera (ed.): Uomini nostri. Trenta biography di uomini politici. Armando Dadò Editore, Locarno 1989, pp. 60-64.
Web links
- Eligio Pometta writings on opac.regesta-imperii.de/
Individual evidence
- ^ Andrea Ghiringhelli: Daniele Capponi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 4, 2003 , accessed April 25, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pometta, Eligio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss politician and local researcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 27, 1865 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cerentino |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd July 1950 |
| Place of death | Faido |