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Italian nobleman and politician (1878?1940)
Giovanni Antonio Colonna di Cesaro
(1878?1940) was an Italian noble and politician who was the leader of the
Social Democracy
. He also served as the
minister of post and telegraphs
between 1922 and 1924 in the
Mussolini Cabinet
. He was known as the "
anthroposophist
duke".
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Biography
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Colonna was born in 1878.
[1]
From 1907, he started his political career and became a member of the parliament in the period 1909?1921.
[2]
He founded and published a magazine entitled
Rassegna contemporanea
which is among the early anthroposophical publications.
[1]
As of 1914, he was a member of the
Italian National Olympic Committee
.
[3]
Following the general elections on 15 May 1921 Colonna was named as the minister of post and telegraphs in the
cabinet
led by
Giovanni Giolitti
.
[2]
He was appointed minister of posts to the
cabinet
headed by
Luigi Facta
on 25 February 1922, but he resigned from office soon being succeeded by Luigi Fulci in the post.
[4]
In 1922, Colonna established the
Social Democracy
party and joined the government of
Benito Mussolini
as the minister of post and telegraphs, which he held until his resignation in February 1924.
[1]
He was replaced by
Costanzo Ciano
in the post.
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Following this incident, Colonna retired from politics.
[1]
His another magazine was
Lo Stato Democratico
(Italian:
The Democratic State
) which also published anthroposophical articles.
[6]
Close to the environments of
esotericism
and
Roman neopaganism
of those years, Colonna was part of the
UR Group
which was established in 1927 (perhaps with the pseudonym of "Arvo",
[7]
or with those of "Krur" and "Breno").
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Personal life and death
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Colonna was married to Barbara Antonelli, a noblewoman of Russian origins, and their daughter was
Simonetta Colonna di Cesaro
.
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He died in 1940.
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Views
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Colonna was an advocate of
colonialism
and democratic imperialism.
[1]
During World War I he supported the intervention of the Italian Empire through his writings in
Rassegna contemporanea
which also reflected his radical national views.
[1]
However, Colonna did not have a consistent political ideology. Instead, he adopted different political views depending on the conditions.
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Following his retirement from politics Colonna became an anti-Fascist.
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References
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Peter Staudenmaier (2012). "Anthroposophy in Fascist Italy". In Arthur Versluis; Lee Irwin; Melinda Phillips (eds.).
Esotericism, Religion, and Politics
. Minneapolis, MN: New Cultures Press. pp. 83?84.
ISBN
978-1596500136
.
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a
b
Marc Raboy (2016).
Marconi: The Man Who Networked the World
. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 463.
ISBN
978-0-19-931359-4
.
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Tito Forcellese (2020).
"Italian aristocrats and their involvement in sports institutions, 1894?1914"
. In Peter Heyrman; Jan de Maeyer (eds.).
Leisure and Elite Formation. Arenas of Encounter in Continental Europe, 1815-1914
. Berlin; Boston, MA: De Gruyter Oldenbourg. p. 174.
doi
:
10.1515/9783110585193
.
ISBN
9783110582307
.
S2CID
243202437
.
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"Italy's new cabinet and the Fiume episode".
Current History
.
16
(1): 168. 1922.
doi
:
10.1525/curh.1922.16.1.168
.
JSTOR
45329293
.
S2CID
249070830
.
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Goffredo Adinolfi (September 2004). "Fascist Era Elites (2). The Fascist ministerial elite".
Portuguese Journal of Social Science
.
3
(2): 94.
doi
:
10.1386/pjss.3.2.91/0
.
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a
b
Julius Evola (2018).
Introduction to Magic: Rituals and Practical Techniques for the Magus
. Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions/Bear. p. 21.
ISBN
978-1-62055-857-7
.
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Michele Beraldo (2006).
"L'Antroposofia e il suo rapporto con il Regime Fascista"
. In Gianfranco de Turris (ed.).
Esoterismo e fascismo: storia, interpretazioni, documenti
(in Italian). Rome: Edizioni mediterranee. p. 83.
ISBN
978-88-272-1831-0
.
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Renato Del Ponte,
Evola and the magical Group of UR. Studies and documents to serve the history of ≪Ur-Krur≫
, Borzano (Reggio Emilia), SeaR, 1994, cf.
Maurizio Martucci (2018).
"Il magico Gruppo di Ur-Krur"
(in Italian).
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Marianna Barracane (28 October 2023).
"La vita di Simonetta Colonna di Cesaro"
.
Harper's Bazaar
(in Italian)
. Retrieved
19 December
2023
.
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