27 Facts About Francisco Bolognesi

Francisco Bolognesi Cervantes was a Peruvian military colonel.

Francisco Bolognesi is considered a national hero in Peru and was declared patron of the Army of Peru by the government of Peru on 2 January 1951.

Francisco Bolognesi was born in Lima on 4 November 1816.

Francisco Bolognesi attended the Seminary of Arequipa until he was 16 and then entered into a career in commerce.

Francisco Bolognesi's birthplace, known as the Casa de Bolognesi, later becaue a museum.

Francisco Bolognesi's father, Andres Bolognesi was of Italian-Peruvian background and was a violin player for the court of the Viceroy.

Francisco Bolognesi had a son called Federico Pablo whose son was Federico Bolognesi Bolognesi.

Federico Bolognesi Bolognesi had a daughter called Ana Maria Bolognesi who had two daughters called Ana Mamie and Selina Raguz Bolognesi.

Francisco Bolognesi was involved with the military in July 1844, in an action at Carmen Alto, a local district of Arequipa, south region of Peru.

In 1856, Francisco Bolognesi commanded the artillery involved in suppressing the revolt of General Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco, centered in the city of Arequipa, and was promoted to Colonel.

Francisco Bolognesi fell afoul of President Don Mariano Ignacio Prado and was imprisoned briefly in 1867.

Francisco Bolognesi commanded the Peruvian forces surrounded in Arica by Chilean troops following the Chilean victory at Tacna.

Francisco Bolognesi organized and led a spirited defense of the port city by about 1,600 men against over 5,300 Chilean troops with extensive naval support.

Francisco Bolognesi's soldiers defended his remains until they too were eventually killed.

Almost 1,000 of the Peruvian defenders, including Colonel Francisco Bolognesi, were killed in defense of the town.

Francisco Bolognesi's father was born on October 18,1769, baptized at San Geronimo Church in 1773, and later passed away in Lima in 1857.

Francisco Bolognesi's mother, born on February 28,1793, was baptized the same year at San Geronimo Church and died in Lima in 1874.

Francisco Bolognesi's wife Manuela Basilisa de Medrano, born in 1827, was the sister of Sergeant Major and Captain Manuel de Medrano Silva, a hero of the War of the Pacific.

Francisco Bolognesi's brother was the father of Manuela Eleodora de Medrano Azcoytia, who later married Jose Mercedes Monge Patino.

Enrique Federico Francisco Bolognesi Medrano was born in 1860 and followed his father's footsteps by joining the Peruvian Army.

Francisco Bolognesi enrolled in the Military Academy and was later commissioned as a second lieutenant in the artillery.

Francisco Bolognesi participated in the Battle of Alto de la Alianza in Tacna, where he fought bravely.

Francisco Bolognesi's death was recorded in the Parish of San Sebastian, Lima, and he was buried in the General Cemetery of Lima.

Enrique Federico Pablo Francisco Bolognesi Medrano married Ana Maria Antonia Francisco Bolognesi Coloma on November 10,1880, in a religious ceremony at San Sebastian Church in Lima.

Augusto Fabian Francisco Bolognesi Medrano was born in 1862 and, like his father and brother, pursued a military career.

Francisco Bolognesi served in a battery unit in Callao but requested a combat position on land.

Francisco Bolognesi's death was recorded in the Parish of San Sebastian, Lima, and he was buried alongside his brother in the General Cemetery of Lima.