Felice Pastore (August 5, 1786–May 9, 1862) was an Italian

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Biography

Felice Pastore Cambon,

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of Rincione was born in

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from Don Nicolò and Donna Anna Combon. This Sicilian

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title was created by the

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, Francesco I for Nicolò Pastore (Felice's father), who was assigned some manor

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and the

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of Rincione, Angimbè, Fico and Scalilla. In 1809 Felice Pastore married Donna Stefania Naselli Montaperto from the

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and the sister of the

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, as he spent most of his life in Alcamo; he also was a member of various agricultural colleges, and thanks to his discoveries and the results of his work, he received a few prizes at the Esposizione Nazionale of Palermo and

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:Carlo Cataldo: La Casa del Sole p.141-160; Alcamo ed.campo,1999 he studied mathematics,

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and letters and, owing to his studies in agriculture, he greatly improved the production of oils and wines in his lands, by inserting the cultivation of morus. He was a protagonist of the Sicilian political scenery in the 19th century; his name is linked to the movement of

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. He was very good tempered, but strong and decisive too: for this reason he had different and important offices. In 1815 he made a long trip together with his wife and described the encounters and impressions in a

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which is an important literary testimony of that period because it refers interesting information about the history of custom and

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from 1811 until 1862, collected in 21 volumes. He distinguished himself, above all, for his

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, among which the foundation of the

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; in 1837, during the period of

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, every day he gave the sum of 800 liras to the

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for the sufferer and in 1848 he gave a lot of help to the escapees from

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.La famiglia del Barone Felice Pastore in Alcome
(in Italian) He died in 1862 in Palermo: his wife, Donna Stefania Naselli di Montaperto, had her husband's

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carried to Alcamo at Church of Saint Mary of Jesus, later, in 1880, it was buried in the

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of Pia Opera Pastore, the institute that had been founded by his will in 1860. He left a great estate for this institution: it was realized in order to give a moral formation, a civic and religious education to the female youth.

Appointments and offices

* Baron of Rincione, since 1 May 1809 *

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in Palermo in 1813 *

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of Trapani (1818–1820) * Prefect of Palermo (1821): appointment refused by Pastore. *

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of the Royal Domains beyond the

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(1824 and 1849) *

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of the Royal Order of Francesco I (1829). * Lower court magistrate of Palermo (1849). * Member of various economic institutions. *

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and councillor of several charities. * Promoting member of the "Society of acclimatization and agriculture".

Diaries

Diaries from 1827 to 1829 are missing. Surviving diaries include: * 1. Notes concerning

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, confirmations, weddings and deaths. * 2. Notes on rites and customs, churches and religious festivities. * 3. Notes on di

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. * 4. Notes on empirical

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. * 5. Notes on animals and empirical

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. * 6. Notes on agrarian cultivations (and methods of cultivation). Notes of

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. * 7. Notes on

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and locomotion. * 8. Notes on popular

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. * 9. Notes on a

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(not existing any longer). * 10. Notes on games of

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and

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. * 11. Notes on traditional uses of

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and contracts. * 12. Notes on operators of trades now missing.

References

Sources

* Palmeri, Placido: Elogio funebre del barone Felice Pastore Cambon / letto nella Chiesa dei Padri Crociferi addi 14 maggio 1862 giorno dei funerali dal P. D. Placido Palmeri * Carlo Cataldo: La Casa del Sole p. 141-160; Alcamo ed.campo,1999 * Dott. A. Mango di Casalgerardo: nobiliario di Sicilia, notizie e stemmi relativi alle famiglie nobili siciliane; Palermo, A. Reber, 1912 2 volumi) * Roberto Calia: La famiglia del Barone Felice Pastore in Alcamo; Trapani, lito-tip. Nuova Radio, 1988

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