Bartolomé Saravi

Bartolomé Saraví Melo (1797–1862) was an Argentine army officer and politician, hero of the Argentine War of Independence. He served as General Minister of La Rioja Province, Argentina in 1847.

Biography
Bartolomé was born in Buenos Aires and baptizedon October 3, 1797 in the Iglesia de la Inmaculada Concepción, being his parents Ramón Saraví and Margarita Melo, members of a traditional family in the city. He did his elementary studies in Colegio Nacional de Monserrat, and completed his tertiary studies at the University of Córdoba.

His father had been killed during the defense of Buenos Aires against the English invaders in 1806.

Besides serving heroically during the war of Independence, he took part of the Argentine civil war. In 1840, was deposed of the position of Judge of the Fortin de Carmen de Areco by Hilario Lagos, loyal to the cause of Argentine Confederation. In 1847, the Governor of La Rioja, Vicente Mota appointed him to occupy the post of Minister General of the Province..

Family
Bartolomé Saraví was a resident of the town of Carmen de Areco, where he was married to Simona Blanco Biaus (1798-1871), belonging to a family of landowners. He and his wife were parents of distinguished local politicians, including Fermín Saravi, husband of Faustina Canavery, who was Captain of the Argentine army.

Mariano Saraví (1832-1890) was a member of the municipal committee of Pilar and married to Juana Hardy Sosa, belonging to a family of English and Creole origin.

Federico Saraví Blanco (1831-1880), who was married to Luisa Walker Serrano, daughter of an Irish immigrant, and sister of Abraham Walker, a Colonel of the Argentine army.