AVERESCU, ALESSANDRO. – Romanian marshal and statesman, b. at Ismail on the Danube on 22 Apr. 1859, d. at Bucharest on 3 Oct. 1939. He brilliantly pursued a military career from private soldier (1876) up to the rank of Marshal. He attended the Military Academy in Turin (1883–86) and served for four years as military attaché at the legation in Berlin (1895–98). In Turin he met and later married an Italian woman of Catholic faith, who had a notable influence on his spiritual and religious outlook. He took part in the Balkan War of 1913 against Bulgaria and then in the Great European War (1914–18). He served three times as Prime Minister. In May 1927 he concluded with Msgr. Dolci the concordat between the Holy See and the Kingdom of Romania.
Averlino, Antonio: see Filarete (II).