Francesco Mario Pagano
Francesco Mario Pagano | |
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Born | |
Died | 29 October 1799 | (aged 50)
Nationality | Kingdom of Naples |
Other names | Mario Pagano |
Alma mater | University of Naples Federico II |
Occupations | |
Years active | 1768–1799 |
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Francesco Mario Pagano (8 December 1748 – 29 October 1799) was an
Biography
He was born in
In 1794 he defended
After the fall of the republic, Pagano was arrested and imprisoned in the Castel Nuovo. He was executed by hanging at the "Piazza del Mercato" in Naples, along with other revolutionaries: Domenico Cirillo, Giorgio Pigliacelli and Ignazio Ciaia.
Works
Pagano's Saggi politici (1783–85) provided a philosophical history of the Kingdom of Naples, arguing against torture and capital punishment and advocating more benign penal codes. Considerazioni sul processo criminale (Considerations on the criminal trial, 1787), gave him international popularity and was much praised by Le Moniteur Universel, the main newspaper of revolutionary France.[7]
Pagano's other juridical or philosophical works included:
- Progetto di Costituzione della Repubblica napoletana
- Sul processo criminale
- Esame politico dell'intera legislazione romana
- Discorso sull’origine e natura della poesia
He also translated works from Greek and Latin, and wrote six tragedies (Gerbino, Agamennone, Corradino, Gli esuli tebani, Prometeo, and Teodosio) and one comedy (Emilia).
Notes
- ^ The Cambridge History of Eighteenth-Century Political Thought, ed. Goldie & Wokler, 2006, p. 765
- ^ Fulvio Tessitore, Comprensione storica e cultura, Guida, 1979, p. 27
- ^ Roland Sarti, Italy: A Reference Guide from the Renaissance to the Present, Infobase Publishing, 2009, p. 457
- ^ Girolamo Imbruglia, Naples in the Eighteenth Century, Cambridge University Press, 2007, p. 168
- ^ Francesco Mario Pagano (1748-1799) Archived 25 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Maria Rosa Di Simone, Istituzioni e fonti normative in Italia dall'Antico Regime al fascismo, p. 111, Giappichelli, Torino, 2007.
- ^ Biancamaria Fontana, The Invention of the Modern Republic, Cambridge University Press, 2007, p. 140
References
- ISBN 88-389-2141-5.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Mario Pagano". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
External links
- Media related to Francesco Mario Pagano at Wikimedia Commons
- Quotations related to Francesco Mario Pagano at Wikiquote