Armando Salati (1884–1963) was an Italian Vice Consul to the United States, and Philadelphia Honorary Consul from 1913–1940.
Family Salati was born June 20, 1884, as the eldest son of Ottavio and Adelaide Salati of the Comune di Gioi, Campania, Italy.Findagrave Memorial for Armando Salati Armando married Julia LaFazia in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 2, 1914; they had eight children, one of whom died as an infant.
Career After graduating from law school in Italy, Armando Salati became a Lieutenant in the Italian Army. In 1912, he was offered an opportunity from the King of Italy to join the Italian Consulate in the United States. As Italian Vice Consul, he became Philadelphia Honorary Consul, serving from 1913 to 1940.Biographic Register, United States Department of State, page 331, 1929Foreign Consular Offices in the United States, Department of State, page 28, 1939 The Consulate General of Italy in Philadelphia, Richard N. Juliani, Ph.D., 2012 Armando Salati became acting Consul in 1938, following the recall to Italy of Philadelphia Consul Edoardo Pervan, who had been accused by the House Un-American Activities Committee of being a Fascist propagandist.Italian Consul to Philadelphia Recalled, The News-Herald, page 8, October 18, 1938 Salati held this post until Ludovico Censi was named Philadelphia Consul in 1939. The consulate was located at 2128 Locust Street in Philadelphia. In 1942 with the entry of the United States into World War II, the U.S. Government froze Italian assets, forbade Italians from leaving the country, and closed the consulates. The Philadelphia Consulate did not reopen until 1947, representing the Italian Republic which had replaced the Kingdom of Italy in 1946. In retirement, Salati returned to his home in Gioi, Campania, Italy in 1951. Il Caminetto, narrative by nephew Armando Salati He died at his ancestral home on January 4, 1963.
Inventor Armando Salati was granted United States patent #1,246,791 on November 13, 1917, as a subject of the King of Italy.Official gazette of the United States Patent Office, page 523, 1918 United States patent #1,246,791
Recognition Armando Salati was awarded Cavaliere of the Italian Crown by Victor Emmanuel III of Italy in 1921.Italians in the United States, Il Carroccio, Vol. 14, page 501, Il Carroccio Publishing Company, New York, 1921Italian-American Protective Society Banquet, West Berlin, NJ, November 3, 1921750 at Reunion of Army Group, The Pittsburgh Press, July 27, 1930
See also Gioi Order of the Crown of Italy List of Italian orders of knighthood Victor Emmanuel III of Italy Kingdom of Italy Italian Republic
References
External links Consolato Generale D'Italia in Philadelphia Embassy of Italy to the United States Findagrave Memorial for Armando Salati Comune di Gioi Societa Organizzata da Gioiesi in Nord-America