Francesco Alberti (clergyman)

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Francesco Alberti

Francesco Alberti (born May 23, 1882 in Montevideo , † September 16, 1939 in Bellinzona ) was a Swiss Roman Catholic clergyman, journalist and politician.

Life

Francesco Alberti was the fourth of eight children of Giuliano Alberti, who came from Bedigliora , a draftsman and decorator, and his wife Teofila nee. Ferretti, who emigrated to Uruguay and returned to Switzerland in 1883. His older sister Maria Boschetti-Alberti (born December 23, 1879 in Montevideo, † January 20, 1951 in Agno ) was a teacher and married to the railway director Pierino Boschetti.

He attended seminaries in Monza and in Milan and obtained at the University of Milan Dr. phil and in 1905 in Rome the Dr. theol .; in the same year he was ordained a priest .

From 1905 to 1917 he was pastor in Bioggio ; during the First World War he was a field chaplain .

From 1913, he was involved as a Christian-social trade unionist in founding the Catholic youth movement in Ticino and on February 4, 1923 was one of the founders of the Guardia Luigi Rossi , named after Luigi Rossi (1864-1890), who was killed during a radical uprising was, a youth organization of the Conservative Party.

In 1919 he started working as a journalist for the daily newspaper Popolo e Libertà , a publication of the Ticino Conservatives, which he managed from 1921 to 1928 and from 1935 to 1939. The newspaper was led by him on a Christian-democratic line that fought all forms of totalitarianism and strongly condemned fascism . He led the fight against totalitarianism and fascism together with the priest and politician Don Sturzo .

Since 1933 he was responsible for the broadcast sermons ( Predicare sui tetti ) at Radio Monte Ceneri and he was also active as a writer, so his two novels in Malcantone dealt with the topics of political struggle, emigration , clientelism and mobilization for war .

Memberships

He was president of the Ticino press association.

Fonts (selection)

  • Il voltamarsina: Romanzo. Istituto Editoriale Ticinese, Bellinzona 1934.
  • Francesco Alberti; Gastone Cambin: Diavolo d'una ragazzal Romanzo storico malcantonese. Istituto editoriale ticinese, Bellinzona 1939.

literature

  • Mario Barzaghini: Francesco Alberti. In: Alberto Lepori, Fabrizio Panzera (ed.): Uomini nostri. Trenta biography di uomini politici. Armando Dadò Editore, Locarno 1989, pp. 15, 89-93.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans-Ulrich Grunder: Maria Boschetti-Alberti. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 7, 2003 .
  2. ↑ Davide Dose: I giovani conservatori-democratici e fascismi: l'esempio della "Guardia Luigi Rossi". In: Journal for Swiss Church History No. 96. 2002, accessed on June 30, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Alberti, Francesco
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cecc, Don
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss Roman Catholic clergyman, journalist and politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 23, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Montevideo
DATE OF DEATH September 16, 1939
Place of death Bellinzona