Manuel Alberti

Manuel Mximiliano Alberti was a priest from Buenos Aires, when the city was part of the Viceroyalty of the Ro de la Plata. He had a curacy at Maldonado, Uruguay during the British invasions of the Ro de la Plata, and returned to Buenos Aires in time to take part in the May Revolution of 1810. He was chosen as one of the seven members of the Primera Junta, which is considered the first national government of Argentina. He supported most of the proposals of Mariano Moreno and worked at the Gazeta de Buenos Ayres newspaper. The internal disputes of the Junta had a negative effect on his health, and he died of a heart attack in 1811.

Manuel Alberti was born in Buenos Aires onMay 1763 to Antonio Alberti and Juana Agustina Marn. He was baptized on the followingJune at the Concepcin parish his godparents were Juan Javier Dogan and Isabel de Soria y Santa Cruz. He had three brothers, Isidoro, Manuel Silvestre and Flix, and three sisters, Casimira, Juana Mara and Mara Clotilde. The Alberti family became benefactor of the House of Spiritual Works of Buenos Aires by donating them a land plot so it could move its headquarters.

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