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Pietro Delitala
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<h2 id="biography">Biography</h2> <p>Pietro Delitala's father, Nicholas was the mayor of <a href="/facts/Bosa/bahEcxM9">Bosa</a> in 1556. His mother, Sybil Dessena, was discussed in Anthony Lo Frasso's book <i>Diez libros de fortuna d'Amor</i> in 1575. </p><p>Delitala was indicted in 1572 and taken into prison, possibly for a crime associated with vengeance. He was acquitted by a parliamentary committee in 1573. In 1583, he participated in the General Parliament. He sent his brother Agostino Angelo as his delegate. In 1589, Delitala was again imprisoned, this time under the <a href="/facts/Inquisition/7gTstCEz">Inquisition</a>, which imposed a fine of 5,600 <a href="/facts/Sardinian_lira/uvTgKwlW">Sardinian lire</a> upon him. He left prison in 1590 through the intervention of his friend the historian <a href="/facts/Giovanni_Francesco_Fara/z9k9LFqu">Giovanni Francesco Fara</a>. </p><p>In 1593, he was summoned to Parliament, and sent Ramon de Cetrilla as his delegate. He married around 1595 and had 5 children: Agostino Angelo, Giovanni Geronimo, Pietro, Diego and Francesco. </p> <h2 id="rime-diverse"><i>Rime Diverse</i></h2> <p>In the spring and summer of 1594, Delitala was a guest of the Marquis Spinola in <a href="/facts/Genoa/PE9sekQU">Genoa</a>. He then went to the <a href="/facts/Sanctuary_of_Vicoforte/R7GW3Fmg">Sanctuary of Vicoforte</a> near <a href="/facts/Mondov%C3%AC/uMmo8uFB">Mondovì</a> on pilgrimage. In <i>Rime Diverse</i>, a book of poetry in Italian published by Galcerino Cagliari in 1596, he describes this pilgrimage, and also a miracle in Bosa in December 1594, when the Genoese captain Pàtron Natteri rescued a <a href="/facts/Codrongianos/Wd69kK4e">Codrongianosian</a> who tried to cross the flooded <a href="/facts/Temo_(river)/wXHyx3fJ">Temo</a> river on horseback. </p> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.filologiasarda.eu/files/documenti/pubblicazioni_pdf/cfsdelitala/03edizione.pdf">Pietro Delitala (Edited by Mauro Badas, 2014), <i>Rime Diverse</i>, CUEC</a></li></ul>