List of personalities from Brissago TI

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Brissago coat of arms

This list contains personalities who were born in Brissago TI and those who had their sphere of activity in Brissago without being born there. The list does not claim to be complete.

Personalities

  • Giovanni Orelli (* mentioned around 1400 in Locarno in 1429 ; † after 1481 ibid), legal scholar, Podestà von Brissago, secretary of Franchino Rusca von Locarno, confidante of the Duke of Milan
  • Baciocchi family. Towards the end of the 16th century it formed an opposing party to the Rainaldi or Rinaldi in Milan and Brissago. Numerous Milanese bandits were in the service of both families, and they even made shipping on the Langensee unsafe. There were long and bloody battles, which led to an intervention by the Spanish ambassador on the Diet of Baden AG in November 1597.
    • Angelo Baciocchi (* 1500 in Brissago;? † after January 29, 1567 in Milan) from Cannobio , he acquires the tithes into the Magadinoebene on 25 January 1538 leaves on February 15, 1547 be tithing law in the area of Tegna the People of this village.
    • Antonio and Gioffredo Baciocchi (* around 1520 in Brissago; † after January 29, 1567 in Milan?), On January 29, 1567 Antonio and Gioffredo became citizens of Milan.
    • Oliviero Baciocchi (* around 1550 in Brissago; † 1600 ibid), he was for a long time clerk of justice for the bailiff of Locarno and resigned in 1598. In 1591 Gregor XIV appointed him a knight of the golden spur .
Self-portrait of Sodoma on a fresco in the Monte Oliveto Abbey near Siena
  • Borrani family
    • Giovan Pietro Borrani (* around 1500 in Brissago; † after 1572 in Parma  ?), Professor of the Greek language at the University of Bologna , where he studied, and later at the University of Parma . In 1540 he was made a knight by the Bishop of Mallorca . Around 1544 he published Corona pretiosa or lexicon for Italian, Latin and ancient and modern Greek in Venice . In 1572 he received an important pension from Duke Ottavio Farnese .
    • Gian Antonio Borrani (* around 1570 in Brissago; † after 1618 in Milan), Professor of Humaniora at the Helvetian College of Milan, published a work on Horace and one on rhetoric in 1618 .
    • Antonio Borrani (* around 1610 in Brissago; † after 1676 Piombino ), priest, canon of Santa Maria della Scala in Milan , since 1649 general auditor of the Prince of Piombino February 3, 1676.
    • Francesco Antonio Borrani (* 1712 in Brissago, † before 1760 in Milan), royal and ducal secretary of the Senate of Milan.
    • Siro Borrani (born October 3, 1860 in Ascona ; † July 30, 1932 ibid), from Brissago, pastor of Campo (Vallemaggia) 1885–1888, of Losone 1888–1900, of Comano 1900–1903, of Monte Carasso 1903–1921 , since 1921 by Verscio . In 1909 he was appointed head of the excavations at the Gudo TI necropolis . Author of Ticino sacro 1896 and Bellinzona, la sua chiesa ei suoi arcipreti 1909; Employee at the Bollettino Storico della Svizzera Italiana.
  • Bazzi family
    • Giovanni Antonio Bazzi called Sodoma (1477–1549), painter
    • Domenico Bazzi (1806–1871), engineer, politician, Ticino Grand Councilor and State Councilor of the Free Democratic Party (FDP)
    • Angelo Bazzi (* around 1810 in Milan ; † 1887 in Brissago), brother of Domenico, founder and then head of the Brissago tobacco factory, was an important reference person for the Italian exiles of the Risorgimento in Brissago.
    • Innocente Bazzi (* 1829 in Milan , † 1913 in Brissago), who worked as a hotelier in Domodossola.
    • Pietro Bazzi (* around 1815 in Brissago; † 1887 ibid), he was a member of the Società Demopedeutica (Society for the Promotion of Popular Education), he founded and supported a children's home for needy children in the municipality of Brissago and also initiated the establishment of the 1873 teacher seminars opened in Pollegio .
  • Giovanni Beretta (also called Bertola, Bertoli and Johannes Beretoli) (* around 1500 in Brissago; † after 1577 ibid), from Brissago, his buildings are: Santuario della Pietà in Cannobio ; Bell tower, choir and sacristy of the Church of SS. Pietro e Paolo in Ascona (1525–1534); Bell tower of the collegiate church of San Vittore in Muralto (1524–1527, lower part) and church of San Lorenzo in Losone ; Monastery church of San Francesco in Locarno (from 1538).
  • Pietro Beretta (* around 1540, mentioned 1585–1610 in Brissago), son of Giovanni, sculptor, architect, he completed various buildings after the death of his father Giovanni: the church of Santa Maria del Ponte and the parish church of SS. Pietro e Paolo in Brissago.
  • Giovanni Antonio Caldelli (born May 13, 1721 in Brissago, † December 21, 1790 ibid), painter, sculptor. In 1770 he created in the Abbey of St. Trond in Belgium . In the canton of Ticino there are paintings by him in the churches of San Gottardo in Intragna TI , Sant'Antonio in Locarno , in the Orelli house there and in Brissago.
  • Domenico Gelosa (* around 1735 in Brissago?; † after 1767 there?), Wood carver
  • Giuseppe Antonio Morisi (* around 1740 in Brissago; 1802 in Germany), painter, plasterer
  • Charles-Antoine Marcionni (* around 1750 in Brissago, † after 1806 in Paris  ?), Painter
Ruggero Leoncavallo
  • Branca family from Cannobio . The recipe (from 1845) on which the widespread Fernet Branca liqueur is based is thanks to the branch, which moved to Pallanza am Langensee around 1780 .
    • Antonio Francesco Branca (* 1714 in Brissago; † June 14, 1778 in Milan), called il Moscovita , merchant in Livorno and Saint Petersburg , he built the road to the Sacro Monte di Brissago in 1757 at his own expense , founded a chaplain fringe in 1767 of the Sacro Monte sanctuary, enlarged it and had it decorated with frescoes.
    • Giovanni Battista Branca (born February 7, 1722, † December 20, 1799), doctor of theology and orientalist, professor of literature and philosophy at the Monza and Milan seminaries and at the Helvetic College, where he taught Hebrew and Greek. Librarian of the Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan, where several of his manuscripts are kept. Knight and Count Palatine.
    • Giuseppe Antonio Pasquale Branca (born April 11, 1751 in Brissago; † January 29, 1814 ibid), from Brissago, son of Cesare, provost of Santa Maria della Rosa, then from S. Sepolcro in Milan. He published: Spiegazioni del Vangelo .
    • Giuseppe Antonio Branca (* 1758 in Brissago; † 1822 ibid), von Brissago, canon and penitentiary priest of the Milan Cathedral, prosynodal examiner.
Gustav Fröhlich, photograph (around 1929) by Alexander Binder
  • Stefano Barozzi (* around 1775 in Brissago; † after 1825 there?), Von Brissago, painter, inventor of a process for transferring wall frescoes onto canvas; In 1820, on behalf of the Vatican, he used this method for the large wall paintings by Marco d'Oggiono in Rome . He also transferred several paintings by Bernardino Luini to canvas. On April 25, 1825, he undertook to refresh the wall paintings of the Sempach chapel .
  • Benigno Zaccheo (1812–1877), free thinker, Ticino Grand Councilor and Council of States
  • Cesare Maffioretti (* around 1820 in Brissago; † May 7, 1892 in Piacenza ), von Brissago, doctor, he joined the Italian army in 1859 as a volunteer doctor and rose to the rank of colonel. Written Contribuzione alla cura dell'oftalmia purulenta e blennorogica. (1882).
  • Ercole Maffioretti (born April 3, 1833 in Brissago, † after 1886 there), entrepreneur, paper manufacturer
  • Giuseppe Pedroli (born July 7, 1836 in Milan, † December 7, 1894 in Bern ), engineer at ETH Zurich , Ticino Grand Councilor and State Councilor
  • Antoinette de Saint Léger (1856–1948), owner of the Isole di Brissago
  • Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857–1919), opera composer, honorary citizen of the community
  • Paul Friedrich Wolfgang Mederow (1887–1974), a German actor and radio play speaker.
  • Gustav Friedrich Fröhlich (1902–1987), a German actor and film director.
  • Madja Ruperti (* 1903 in Moscow , † 1981 in Basel), painter
  • Betty Wehrli-Knobel (1904–1998), Swiss journalist, women's rights activist, writer
  • Werner Rings (1910–1998), Swiss historian, journalist
  • Verena Knobel (born October 15, 1912 in Leuggelbach ; † November 6, 1998 in Brissago), painter, draftsman, engraver
  • Didier Wyler (born August 3, 1917 in Bellinzona , † February 23, 1982 in Brissago), politician, Ticino Grand Councilor and National Councilor
  • Hildegarde Baroness von Münchhausen, called “La Baronessa” (born May 3, 1919 in Salzburg ; † January 11, 2014 in Muralto ), patron, founder of the Fondazione Ruggero Leoncavallo .
Nella Martinetti 2010
  • Walter Wrubel (born November 22, 1921 in Leoben ; † July 23, 1997 in Brissago TI ), painter
  • Claudio Baccalà (1923–2007), painter and draftsman
  • Angelo Conti Rossini (born July 31, 1923 in Brissago, † March 21, 1993 in Porto Valtravaglia ), cook, restaurateur
  • Eros Costantini (1933 in Brissago – 25 March 2011 in Lugano ), journalist for the Corriere del Ticino newspaper and the RSI
  • Ernesto Storelli (* 1935? In Brissago), priest, canon of the Cathedral of San Lorenzo (Lugano) , former vicar of the Bishop of Lugano
  • Arnaldo Alberti (* 1936 in Brissago), writer, major in the Swiss Army
  • Azzolino Chiappini (* 1940 in Brissago), priest, theologian, lecturer at the Facoltà di Teologia in Lugano
  • Jean Paul Berta (born June 1, 1941 in Brissago), painter
  • Nella Martinetti (1946–2011), teacher, singer, composer, actress
  • Adriana Beretta (born March 10, 1950 in Brissago), painter, draftsman

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Celestino Trezzini : Orelli. In the Historical-Biographical Lexicon of Switzerland. P. 351 (PDF digitized version , accessed on October 22, 2019)
  2. ↑ a b c d Daniela Pauli Falconi: Baciocchi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . July 24, 2000 , accessed January 10, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Celestino Trezzini: Borrani. In the Historical-Biographical Lexicon of Switzerland. P. 315 (PDF digitized version , accessed on October 1, 2017)
  4. ^ Ivan Cappelli: Pietro Borrani. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . February 4, 2003 , accessed January 10, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Celestino Trezzini: Gian Antonio Borrani. In the Historical-Biographical Lexicon of Switzerland. (PDF digitized version , accessed October 1, 2017)
  6. ↑ Celestino Trezzini: Antonio Borrani. In the Historical-Biographical Lexicon of Switzerland. (PDF digitized version , accessed October 1, 2017)
  7. ^ Rodolfo Huber: Siro Borrani. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . February 4, 2003 , accessed January 10, 2020 .
  8. ↑ a b c d La redazione: Bazzi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . December 11, 2000 , accessed January 10, 2020 .
  9. ↑ a b Martin Leonhard: Giovanni Beretta. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . June 11, 2004 , accessed January 10, 2020 .
  10. ^ Elfi Rüsch: Giovan-Antonio Caldelli. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . April 3, 2003 , accessed January 10, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Domenico Gelosa. In: Sikart , accessed February 6, 2016.
  12. ↑ Giuseppe Antonio Morisi. In: Sikart , accessed January 22, 2016.
  13. ↑ Charles-Antoine Marcionni. In: Sikart , accessed January 20, 2016.
  14. ↑ a b c d Mario Redaelli: Branca. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 14, 2003 , accessed January 10, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Celestino Trezzini: Antonio Francesco Branca. In the Historical-Biographical Lexicon of Switzerland. P. 340 (PDF digitized version , accessed on October 1, 2017)
  16. ^ Gianfranco Barbieri: Giuseppe Antonio Pasquale Branca. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 14, 2003 , accessed January 10, 2020 .
  17. ^ Celestino Trezzini: Stefano Barozzi. In the Historical-Biographical Lexicon of Switzerland. P. 573 (PDF digitized version ), accessed on October 1, 2017
  18. ↑ Christian Luchessa: Benigno Zaccheo. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . July 26, 2012 , accessed January 10, 2020 .
  19. ↑ Celestino Trezzini: Cesare Maffioretti. In the Historical-Biographical Lexicon of Switzerland. P. 789 (PDF digitized version , accessed on September 19, 2017)
  20. ^ Daniela Pauli Falconi: Ercole Maffioretti. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . August 22, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2019 .
  21. ^ Pablo Crivelli: Giuseppe Pedroli. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . December 12, 2008 , accessed April 15, 2020 .
  22. ↑ Madja Ruperti (Italian) on museo.mendrisio.ch/it (accessed February 15, 2017).
  23. ↑ Verena Knobel. In: Sikart , accessed February 2, 2016.
  24. ↑ Pasquale Genasci: Didier Wyler. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 3, 2013 , accessed January 12, 2020 .
  25. ↑ Hildegarde Baroness von Münchhausen on leoncavallo.ch
  26. ↑ Walter Wrubel. In: Sikart
  27. ↑ Angelo Conti Rossini (Italian) on lanostrastoria.ch/entries
  28. ↑ Eros Costantini journalist on uovodiluc.ch/
  29. ↑ Ernesto Storelli (French) at cath.ch/newsf (accessed on May 27, 2017).
  30. ↑ Arnaldo Alberti (Italian) on bibliomedia.ch/
  31. ^ Jean Paul Berta. In: Sikart
  32. ^ Maddalena Disch: Adriana Beretta. In: Sikart (as of 2006)