Born at Brienza, in the province of Potenza, from Nicola and Antonia Contardi, he received his first education in a Piarist school in Naples, studying Italian literature, Greek and Latin.
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In 1848, he was elected as a deputy for the district of Potenza at the Neapolitan Parliament but, because of his liberal ideas, was constantly overseen by the Bourbon police.
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