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SALICETI, ANTOINE CHRISTOPHE (1757-1809)

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SALICETI, See also:ANTOINE CHRISTOPHE (1757-1809) , See also:French revolutionist, was See also:born at Saliceto, in See also:Corsica, on the 26th of See also:August 1757, of a See also:family of See also:Piacenza. After studying See also:law in See also:Tuscany, he became an avocat at the upper See also:council of See also:Bastia, and was elected See also:deputy of the Third See also:Estate to the French states-See also:general in 1789. As deputy to the See also:Convention, Saliceti voted for the See also:death of See also:Louis XVI., and was sent to Corsica on See also:mission to oppose the See also:counter-revolutionary intrigues. But the success of his adversaries compelled him to withdraw to See also:Provence, where he took See also:part in repressing the revolts at See also:Marseilles and See also:Toulon. It was on this mission that he met and helped his compatriot See also:Bonaparte. On See also:account of his friendship with See also:Robespierre, Saliceti was denounced at the revolution of 9 See also:Thermidor, and was saved only by the See also:amnesty of the See also:year IV. He subsequently organized the See also:army of See also:Italy and the two departments into which Corsica had been divided, was deputy to the Council of the Five See also:Hundred, and accepted various offices under the Consulate and the See also:Empire, being See also:minister of See also:police and of See also:war at See also:Naples under See also:Joseph Bonaparte (1806-1809). He died at Naples on the 23rd of See also:December 18og—it has been alleged by See also:poison.

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