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Claudio Augusto Cavalcabò Fratta
Full name Claudio Augusto Domenico Italo Cavalcabò Measurements Fratta [first]
Honors Marquis of San Marino [first]
Birth Montechiarugolo, 2 October 1882 [2]
Death Rome, December 1, 1971 [first]
Father Luigi ride measures [first]
Mother Francesca Choose [first] [3]
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The Marquis Claudio Augusto Cavalcabò Fratta [4] , sometimes also mentioned as Claudio Augusto Fratta [5] , Claudio Cavalcabò Fratta [6] O Claudio Cavalcabò measurements fratta [7] (Montechiarugolo, 2 October 1882 – Rome, December 1, 1971), was a nobleman, journalist and Italian company manager.

Claudio Augusto Cavalcabò Fratta was born in Montechiarugolo, in the province of Parma, from Luigi Cavalcabò Measurements and Francesca Cerri. The family, belonging to the nobility, comes from Borgo Val di Taro.
After graduating, obtained from the Salesian high school in Parma, he graduated in Law, after which he begins to collaborate with some periodicals Parmigiani and Bolognese, including the Agriculture magazine , the Gazzetta di Parma It is The young mountain of the Catholic Giuseppe Micheli [8] .

In November 1904 he was appointed chief editor of The moment of Turin [8] [9] , Catholic newspaper with national diffusion. He also writes numerous articles of politics and art for another Catholic newspaper, The Avvenire of Italy , using the pseudonym of Fanfulm [8] . During his career he will also use other pseudonyms, such as Fantasio , Thick It is Taro d’Enza [9] . Later he works as a correspondent from Italy for the Parisian newspaper The LIGHT and as an envoy and articist of the Roman foreign policy Corriere d’Italia [ten] .

A few days after the Messina earthquake of 28 December 1908, Fratta accompanies her friend Giuseppe Micheli on a trip to the places of disaster. The mission is accomplished to deliver a series of aid allocated by the Cassa di Risparmio di Parma and by private citizens of Parma in favor of the populations affected by calamity. Shortly thereafter, thanks to these aid, a village for families left without a roof will be built, to which the name will be given Michelopoli [7] .

In 1914, in the period of Italian neutrality, he was sent to Germany by Corriere d’Italia together with some colleagues from other newspapers. In the group there is also his countryman, the director of The rest of the Carlino , Lino Carrara [11] . The journey is organized to give Italians the opportunity to get an idea of ​​Germany’s war power. However, the initiative is criticized by The people of Italy by Mussolini, in particular by the editor Alessandro Chiavolini, who accuses the participants of Germanofilia [5] .

After the defeat of Caporetto (November 1917) he was appointed chief editor of the daily newborn Roman The weather , founded on 12 December by another of his fellow countrymen, Filippo Naldi [4] [ten] . In excellent relations with Giovanni Giolitti, Fratta also takes part in the Great War with the task of complement artillery officer. But, on his return, the advent of fascism convinces him to abandon his profession [ten] . He will resume the activity only after the end of the Second World War. In 1919 however he founded a “North American advertising agency” [4] .

After being a probeviro of the National Association of the Italian Press, in 1945 he was appointed president of the Roman Press Association [ten] . However, he soon leaves this assignment, when in 1946 the government chaired by Alcide De Gasperi appoints him the extraordinary commissioner of the Poligraphic Institute of the State [ten] . He will remain at the head of the structure until January 31, 1953, first as a commissioner, then as president and finally still as a commissioner [twelfth] .

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Just at the end of his mandate he will end up at the center of an administrative investigation, launched to shed light on an episode of sale of paper at a price lower than the market price, carried out by the state polygraphic in favor of the Turin Christian Democrat Senator Pier Carlo Restagno [twelfth] . Finally, in 1950, he will be among the founders of the self -control of Cisa S.p.A., the Parma company who, starting from 1958, will build the homonymous motorway. Fratta was also the first president of this company [ten] .

  1. ^ a b c d It is [first] The Heirs of Europe: Grazioli family.
  2. ^ Official Gazette of the Italian Republic – Pt. II – n. 302 of 29-12-2005.
  3. ^ Official Gazette of the Kingdom of Italy – Pt. II – Lago of advertisements, 9-8-1927 – p. 2068.
  4. ^ a b c Luciana Frassati, A man, a newspaper – Alfredo Frassati , Volume III, Editions of History and Literature, Rome, 1982 – p. 207.
  5. ^ a b Alberto Monticone, Germany and Italian neutrality: 1914-1915 , Il Mulino, 1971.
  6. ^ Orazio Barrese, Massimo Caprara, The anonymous DC: thirty years of scandals from Fiumicino to the Quirinale , Feltrinelli, Milan, 1977 – p. 67.
  7. ^ a b Friends of the Cinqueovembre, Over the years – Civil and religious society , Notebook n. 14/2009 – file: 1909: The city at the time of the first pastoral visit of Msgr. Comfort , Saverian Conventant Studies Center, Institute Foreign Missions, Parma, 2010 – p. 20.
  8. ^ a b c Roberto Lasagni, Biographical Dictionary of the Parmigiani – Voice: Fratta Claudio Augusto.
  9. ^ a b Annuario of the Italian press , A. Garzanti, 1959 – p. 935.
  10. ^ a b c d It is f g Roberto Lasagni, on. Cit. – Voice: Cavalcabò measurements fratta claudio.
  11. ^ Opera Omnia by Benito Mussolini: from the Foundation of “Il Popolo d’Italia” to intervention (November 15, 1914-24 May 1915) , La Fenice, 1964 – p. 217.
  12. ^ a b Orazio Barrese, Massimo Caprara, The anonymous DC – Thirty years of Fiumicino scandals to the Quirinale , Feltrinelli, Milan, 1977 – pp. 68-72.

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