Anselmo Lorecchio

Anselmo Lorecchio
Anselmo Lorecchio
Born	November 3, 1843 Pallagorio, Kingdom of Naples
Died	March 22, 1924 Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Nationality	Arbëreshë, Italian
Citizenship	Italian
Known for	La Nazione Albanese newspaper (1897-1924)
Notable work	The Albanian question. Various writings (1898) The Albanian political thought in relation to the Italian interest (1904)

Anselmo Lorecchio (Pallagorio, Kingdom of Naples, November 3, 1843 - Rome, Kingdom of Italy, March 22, 1924) was an Italian lawyer, journalist, politician, poet and writer of Albanian descent, founder of the La Nazione Albanese newspaper, and author of several literary works in praise of the independence of Albania.

Anselmo Lorecchio was born on November 3, 1843 in Pallagorio, a small Arbëreshë town in Calabria, Italy, which he would keep strong ties with.

Obtained a degree in Law December 21, 1868 at the Royal University of Naples, became Prosecutor at the Court of Appeal of Naples in 1869, also worked at Banco di Napoli in 1870.

From 1878 he held various positions within the Italian public administration, including those of "Education executive" and "State property agent"; he also held other positions, this time of a political nature: he was secretary of the Provincial Council of Catanzaro 1883-1884, Mayor of Pallagorio in 1892 and delegated (or owner) of several enterprises in the administrative, economic, or judicial field.

In 1895, based on an invitation published in the newspaper "The Morning" (Italian: Il Mattino), he participated in "The Congress of the Albanians of Italy" held in Corigliano Calabro, chaired by Girolamo de Rada, from were came out the Albanian National Society, where Lorecchio was elected Vice President, De Rada as honorary chairman and Archimandrite Pietro Camodeca de’ Coronei as president. In January 1897, he founded the magazine "The Albanian Nation" (Italian: La Nazione Albanese), ideologically close to the Albanian National Cause.

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