Ellero Coat of Arms. Contributed by Ron Ellero.

St. Ellero

Traditional Dress of Friuli.

Traditional Dress of Friuli.

Traditional Dress of Udine

Traditional Dress of Friuli.

PIETRO ELLERO (b. at Pordenone, Italy, Oct. 8 1833; d. at Rome, 1933) Famous Italian Penologist, and Professor of Law. He taught at the University of Milan, and the University of Bologna (until 1889). He was appointed Deputy in the Italian Government in 1866 and Senator in 1889. He was the author of various books, and was the founder of "L'Archivio Giuridico" (The Law Archives).

HONORS:

Grand'Ufficiale dell'Ordine dei Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro (Grand Officer of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus)

Grand'Ufficiale dell'Ordine della Corona d'Italia (Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy)

PIETRO ELLERO LETTER

Pietro Ellero (1833-1933) Two page letter dated July 27, 1867; Pordenone / Province of Udine.

Written entirely in his own hand, on his personal embossed stationary. Sent to the President of the Egyptian Institute in Alexandria; thanking him for mentioning his name and works. Signed 'Pietro Ellero, Professor of the University of Bologna, Deputy of the Parliament of Italy.'

Found in Cairo, Egypt, 145 years after it was written. 8.25" X 5.5"

THE ELLERO STAMP: Issued at San Marino in 1988, honoring Pietro Ellero (b. at Pordenone, Italy, Oct. 8 1833; d. at Rome, 1933) Famous Italian Penologist, and Professor of Law. He taught at the University of Milan, and the University of Bologna (until 1889). He was appointed Deputy in the Italian Government in 1866 and Senator in 1889. He was the author of various books, and was the founder of "L'Archivio Giuridico" (The Law Archives).

ELLERO BOOK, 'La Riforma Civile (The Civil Reform), by Pietro Ellero, 1879, Bologna. 514 pgs.

Pietro Ellero (1833-1933) "A native of Friuli, Ellero became a Lawyer, Civil Servant, and Parliamentarian. As a socialist, he criticized Liberals, moderates, clericals, and, later, socialists. He favored universal suffrage."

"Peter Ellero (Pordenone, 8 October 1833 - Roma, 1 February 1933) was an Italian lawyer. He was a Senator of the Kingdom of Italy in the XVI legislature.

He graduated in law at the 'University of Padua in 1858. Since 1855 he worked as a trainee at the court in Venice, and from 1856 to that of Udine. In 1858, he published his first work, a treatise titled, 'The Death Penalty'.

He taught in Pavia, from 1861 in Bologna as a professor of criminal law. In 1860 he founded the magazine 'Il Giornale', calling for the abolition of the death penalty, and in 1868, 'The Law Archive'.

From 1880 he was in Rome and began to act as a Magistrate in the Court of Cassation. Other works on his ideas were abolition: Brochures on criminals, criminals treaties, civil reform.

He won several awards and honors by the Italian State. He was deputy in 1866 and later senator of the Kingdom of Italy in 1889. The aim of his life, the abolition of the death penalty, was reached in 1889, worked for several years as a Judge at the Court of Cassation in Rome and later at the Council of State. He died in Rome on February 1 1933, at the age of hundred years, receiving a state funeral."

SOURCE: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietro_Ellero