Marco Martello
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Born in Petriolo circa 1460 (circa) – Died in Fermo circa 1560
Well-known humanist and jurisconsult, highly-skilled in politics and legal issues, Marco Martello has lived for about 17 years in Venice, working as a teacher of literature.
Thanks to its reputation, Marco Martello was charged by the reigning persons of the Venetian Republic to reform laws and to edit the statutes written in Latin. For his prestigious achievements, he received the honorary citizenship, even for his descendants.
Back to his hometown, Martello started working for the Magistriture of Fermo, the city where he was living. He reformed the old statute of the Municipality of Fermo admirably. At his own expense, in 1507 he completed the printed version of the statute, which he embellished with a preface and with a dedicatory letter.
In the ending part of the statute, the following caption in Latin appears: “Statuta Firmanorum Impress. Auspicijs cura, acdiligentian ec non et aere eruditi Viri Marci Martelli tripatrij Petriolani, Firmani, ac Veneti Civis in Calcographia diligentissimorum Virorum Nicholai de Brentis et Alexandri De Brandonis Ill.mo Principe Domino Leonardo Lauredano Remp. Moderante An. Dom. 1507. Die XVII Martij in fol”.
In 1515 Marco Martello worked as a lector in Fermo. He belonged to the local council Consiglio di Cernita Fermano. Later, in 1531, he built the first funerary monument in the Church of St Augustin in Fermo. The monument was located inside the chapel dedicated to Santa Maria del Soccorso, and it displayed the following caption: “Marcus Martellus/ HumaniStudij / Profexorsibi. Et posteris / MDXXXI”.
