Pietro Amat Di San Filippo
Pietro Amat di San Filippo (Cagliari, 22 October 1826 – Rome, February 15, 1895) was an Italian geographer, historian and bibliographer. Family He was born to a noble Sardinian Marquess of Saint Philip, family of Catalonia, Catalan origin. He was the fourth of fifteen siblings, the children of Giuseppe Amat di San Filippo. Cardinal (Catholic Church), Cardinal Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso was his uncle. He married Donna Angela Musio, daughter of a judge and Senate of the Kingdom of Italy, Senator, and they had seven children. Career He studied at the Barnabites High School in Bologna, then undertook a diplomatic career as a Diplomatic rank, secretary of legation to the Holy See in 1851. Later he left diplomacy and became an officer of the Sardinian National Archive (Archivio di Stato) in his hometown. In these years he undertook studies in geography and became a member of the Italian Geographical Society. Due to his interest and his publications in economics, he wa ...
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