Rosa Maltoni
Mother of Benito Mussolini
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| Intro | Mother of Benito Mussolini | ||||
| Places | Italy | ||||
| was | Teacher | ||||
| Work field | Academia | ||||
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| Birth | 22 April 1858, Forlì, Italy | ||||
| Death | 19 February 1905Predappio, Italy (aged 46 years) | ||||
| Star sign | Taurus | ||||
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Rosa Maltoni (married Mussolini; 22 April 1858 - 19 February 1905) was the mother of Italian Fascist founder and leader Benito Mussolini. Maltoni was a Catholic schoolteacher who married Alessandro Mussolini. After Benito, Rosa had three more children, Arnaldo, Laura, and Edvige. She died of meningitis in 1905.
Mussolini was reportedly very attached to his mother, and during the Fascist period, Rosa came to represent the ideal Italian woman. On June 17, 1930, a ceremony was held to honor her as a "great educator and glorious mother."