ARRIVABENE, GIOVANNI

ARRIVABENE, GIOVANNI. - Patriot and economist, born into a noble family in Mantova on 24 June 1787, died there on 11 Jan. 1881. A student of economic and agricultural problems, opposed to Austrian rule, he was implicated in the Pellico trial; sentenced to death on 21 Jan. 1824, he lived in exile in Switzerland, France, England, and Belgium. Senator of the new kingdom on 29 Feb. 1860, he played a major part in resolving difficult questions concerning the abolition of monopolistic privileges in the sphere of arts and trades and the freeing of grain exports. A liberal in politics, he always sought, from a religious point of view, to demonstrate his Catholic sentiments. He had formed ties of friendship with Leone XIII during the latter’s nunciature in Brussels. Among other things, he left extremely interesting autobiographical recollections (Memorie della mia vita, Firenze 1884).