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Ernesto Patrizio di Castiglione
| Ernesto Patrizio di Castiglione | |
 | |
| Born | 1845 Savigliana, Italy or Turin |
|---|---|
| Died | 1895 or 1896 Barcelona, Spain or South America |
| Nationality | Italian |
Ernesto Patrizio di Castiglione (b.1845-d.1895 or 1896), born at Savigliana, Italy or Turin, toured the world as a magician as "Count Ernest Patrizio".
Biography
At the age of eighteen, he became an officer of artillery and fought in the war between Austria and Italy. He was captured and imprisoned in an Austria. Patrizio displayed his skill as a conjurer to avoid unskilled labor before the Governor of the fortress and his staff. He ended up being treated more as a guest than a prisoner of war, and became a great favorite with the Austrian officers. [1]
He decided to make magic his profession after being released in 1867. He traveled through Mexico and visited the United States twice (in New York in 1890). D'Alvini joined Patrizio, and they toured South America together. [2]
Patrizio was the first to specialize in cannon ball catching (shot from a cannon) which attracted public attention. When P. T. Barnum engaged Patrizio for his show it was the Cannon Ball Feature that was publicized.[3]
It was widely rumored that Patrizio met with financial ruin and died poverty-stricken in South America. Although Dr. Don Pablo de Areny de Plandolit in his book, Las Maravillas de la Magia Moderna (1913), tells of Patrizio dying in a house of the Paseo de Gracia in Barcelona, Spain.[4]
References
- ↑ The History of Conjuring and Magic by Henry Ridgely Evans (1928)
- ↑ Around the world with a magician and a juggler By Hardin J. Burlingame (1891)
- ↑ Count Ernest Patrizio and his Magic Wonders by Milbourne Christopher, Sphinx, Vol. 49, No. 1, March 1950, page 13.
- ↑ "The Count Patrizio in Mexico in 1877" by Enrique Jimenez Martinez, Journal of Magic History Vol. 02, August, 1980, page 67
- Die Zauberwelt, Vol. 7, No. 5, Mai 1901, Patrizio, page 65
- The Sphinx, Vol. 20, No. 4, June 1921, Two Clever Conjurers – Patrizio And Cazaneuve, by Henry R. Evans, page 141
- The Linking Ring, Vol. 11, No. 7, September 1931, Ernesto Patrizio, by Henry Ridgely Evans, page 700
- The New Tops, Vol. 33, No. 11, November 1993, MEN OF MAGIC, by Robert Olson, Count Ernest Patrizio, page 37
- Bio-bibliographisches Lexikon der Zauberkünstler Edition Volker Huber, April 2002, Patrizio di Castiglione, Ernesto ital.. Zauberkünstler (*1845 Savigliana, Italien), page 257