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Giuseppe Zurlo
MonarchFerdinand I of the Two Sicilies
MinisterMinister of Justice and Worship (February 1809 - November 1809);
Minister of the Interior (5 November 1809 - May 1815)
Preceded byDiego Naselli
Andrea Francesco
Succeeded byRaimondo De Gennaro
MonarchGioacchino Murat
Succeeded byDonato Tommasi
Personal details
Political partyMurat Conservatories
ProfessionJurist

Giuseppe Zurlo, also called Giuseppe Zurolo, (Baranello, 6 November 1757 – Naples, 10 November 1828) was an Italian jurist and politician, belonging to the Zurolo family.

Hand-drawn drawing of the Italian politician and jurist Giuseppe Zurlo.

Biography

A member of the Freemasonry, in 1784 he became Scottish Master of the aristocratic lodge La Vittoria of Naples, elevated by the Grand Lodge of London to a provincial Grand Lodge. In 1813 he was Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Orient of Naples.

From a young age he held highly prestigious judicial and administrative positions within the administration of the Kingdom of Naples, up to that of Minister of Finance, under Ferdinand I, and Minister of the Interior during the French government (1806 –1815) and during the riots of 1820. As Minister of the Interior, Giuseppe managed the process of abolition of feudalism, decreed with a series of provisions approved by the sovereigns Joseph Bonaparte and Gioacchino Murat between 1806 and 1811.

He decreed the transfer of disputes between the barons and the municipality to the feudal commission, removing them from the ordinary judiciary. The commission, an extraordinary judiciary whose procedures reflected the vertical logic typical of the executive and whose sentences were final, proved to be much faster and more effective in resolving disputes and in executing the law.

A staunch supporter of the need for a radical change in the system of government, Giuseppe, through his personal life experience, knew first-hand the ills that afflicted the populations of the South. In addition to the economic and social problems of his homeland, Molise, he had a thorough knowledge of the conditions of Calabria, where he stayed on two occasions: the first time, as a member of the commission set up to investigate the earthquake of 1783, and a second time, in 1790, when he was a judge of the Gran Corte della Vicaria.

On this occasion he was given the task of carrying out a survey of the "defenses" of the Regia Sila and a verification of the occupations and usurpations of various lands carried out by local owners to the detriment of the royal state property.

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References

  1. Francesco Daniele; et al. (Palatine Printing House). "ALL'ECCELLENZA DEL SIGNOR FRANCESCO ZUROLO, COMMENDATORE DEL REAL ORDINE DELLE DUE SICILE, CONSIGLIERE DI STATO, E MINISTRO DELL'INTERNO" [TO THE EXCELLENCE OF MR FRANCESCO ZUROLO, COMMANDER OF THE ROYAL ORDER OF THE TWO SICILES, STATE COUNCILOR, AND MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR]. In in the Palatine Printing House (ed.). Pe' funerali dell'eccellentissimo signor Cristoforo Saliceti ... celebrati nella chiesa di S. Giacomo degli Spagnuoli il di 29. di Dicembre 1809 inscrizioni di Francesco Daniele [For the funeral of the most excellent Mr Cristoforo Saliceti ... celebrated in the church of S. Giacomo degli Spagnuoli on 29 December 1809 inscriptions by Francesco Daniele] (in Latin). nella Stamperia Palatina. p. III.
  2. Gennaro Zurolo (2021). "IV". Giuseppe Zurlo, ministro del Regno delle Due Sicilie, fonti per la storia degli Uomini Illustri del Regno di Napoli [Giuseppe Zurlo, minister of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, sources for the history of the Illustrious Men of the Kingdom of Naples] (in Italian).
  3. Gennaro Zurolo (2024). "IV". Giuseppe Zurlo, ministro del Regno delle Due Sicilie, fonti per la storia degli Uomini Illustri del Regno di Napoli [Giuseppe Zurlo, Minister of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, sources for the history of the Illustrious Men of the Kingdom of Naples] (in Italian).
  4. Vittorio Gnocchini (2005). L'Italia dei liberi muratori, brevi biografie di massoni famosi [Italy of Freemasons, short biographies of famous Masons] (in Italian). Mimesis. p. 279. ISBN 978-88-8483-362-4. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
  5. Alessandro Cutolo (1937). "ZURLO, Giuseppe, Enciclopedia Italiana (1937)" [ZURLO, Giuseppe, Italian Encyclopedia (1937)]. TRECCANI (in Italian). The entire story of the Italian minister and jurist Giuseppe Zurlo. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
  6. Anna Maria Rao (2020). "ZURLO, Giuseppe, Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 100 (2020)" [ZURLO, Giuseppe, Biographical Dictionary of Italians - Volume 100 (2020)]. TRECCANI (in Italian). The entire story of the Italian minister and jurist Giuseppe Zurlo. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
  7. Luca de Samuele Cagnazzi (1944). Alessandro Cutolo (ed.). La mia vita [My life] (in Italian). U. Hoepli. pp. 14, 71, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 133, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 150, 156, 157, 158, 173 and 203.

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