He was born in Gallipoli on 9.10.1875 and died on 16.9.1958. The son of Giuseppe and D’Elia Rachele, he was the nephew of the canon Francesco D’Elia, a well-known Gallipoli historian of whom the portrait that our Giuseppe Forcignanò made of him is preserved in the civic museum.
A graduate in literature, he followed in his uncle’s footsteps, devoting himself to fruitful studies in literature and local history. He contributed to numerous magazines and newspapers whose clippings are now preserved in the local municipal library.
Among his numerous writings are:
- La Sicilia e il Salento
- Rapporti linguistici
- Un vaticinio dantesco
- Carlo Martello e il reame di Puglia Napoli e Calabria
- Omero Ennio e la teoria della metempsicosi
- Un concittadino illustre del sec.XII Goffredo di Gallipoli
- Gli Ebrei a Gallipoli
- L’Apulia ai tempi di S. Gregorio Magno
- Livio Andronico
- La guerra salentina
- Quinto Ennio e l’opera sua
- Ugo Foscolo e la critica dantesca
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