Emilio Bossi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Emilio Bossi

Swiss-Italian politician, journalist and lawyer

Date of Birth: 31-Dec-1870

Place of Birth: Bruzella, Ticino, Switzerland

Date of Death: 27-Nov-1920

Profession: lawyer, politician, journalist

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Emilio Bossi (December 31, 1870 - November 27, 1920) was a Swiss freethinker, journalist, lawyer and writer. Bossi was born in Bruzella.
He graduated in law at the University of Geneva.
He wrote under the pseudonym Milesbo.
He was an editor (1896-1902) and director (1915-1920) of the Gazzetta Ticinese newspaper and founded the L'Idea moderna newspaper in 1895.
In he 1906 founded L'Azione, a radical-democratic group.
He was one of the founders of the Unione Radicale Sociale Ticinese, a political group that requested separation of church and state.He was deputy to the Grand Council (1905–10, 1914–20), the National Council (1914–20) and the Council of States (1920).
He was the Ticino State Councillor and was Director of the Department of Interior (1910-1914).Bossi was an advocate of the Christ myth theory.
In 1904, he authored the book Gesù Cristo non è mai esistito (Jesus Christ Never Existed).