Andrea Di Giovanni y Centellés [SEP] date of birth
Andrea Di Giovanni y Centellés
Andrea Di Giovanni y Centellés (Messina, 3 February 1742 – Catania, 10 June 1821) was an Italian nobleman and lieutenant of the Order of Saint John from 1814 until his death.
Life.
From a Spanish-origin noble family in Messina, Centellés officially entered the Order on 10 February 1750. Like his predecessor as lieutenant, Innico Maria Guevara-Suardo, his lieutenancy was marked by the problem of the sovereignty of Malta – on 30 May 1814 the Treaty of Paris between
Guevara-Suardo was grateful for the offer but refused it right as soon as it was made, since accepting it would look to the British as if the Order was giving up its legitimate and secular claims on Malta. On his death in 1814 Guevara-Suardo was buried in the convent church of Novaluce and succeeded as lieutenant by Andrea Di Giovanni y Centellés.
Sources.
- Francesco Giuseppe Terrinoni, "Memorie storiche della resa di Malta ai francesi nel 1798", tip. delle Belle Arti, Roma, 1867