Manuel Alberti

Manuel Alberti
Black and white oval portrait of a priest. The image is focused on his face, looking to the left.
Committee member of the Primera Junta
In office
25 May 1810 – 11 January 1811
Personal details
Born28 May 1763
Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of Peru, Spanish Empire
Died31 January 1811(1811-01-31) (aged 47)
Buenos Aires, United Provinces of the Río de la Plata
NationalityArgentine
Alma materNational University of Córdoba
OccupationPriest
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Manuel Maximiliano Alberti (28 May 1763 – 31 January 1811) was an Argentine priest from Buenos Aires when the city was part of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. He had a curacy at Maldonado, Uruguay during the British invasions of the River Plate, 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, considered the first national government of Argentina. Alberti supported most of the proposals of Mariano Moreno and worked at the Gazeta de Buenos Ayres newspaper. Internal disputes among Junta members had a negative effect on Alberti's health, and he died of a heart attack in 1811.[1]

  1. ^ Durán, Juan Guillermo (August 2011). "Presbítero Manuel Maximiliano Alberti (1763–1811): párroco de San Nicolás de Bari y vocal de la Primera Junta. En el bicentenario de su muerte" (PDF). Revista Teología (in Spanish). XLVII (105). Universidad Católica Argentina: 193–210. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 November 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2014.