Dr. Nicola Mariani, actively engaged in the practice of medicine in New Haven, was born in Limatola, in the province of Benevento, Italy, August 4, 1868, a son of Joseph and Marie (Giacomina) Mariani, who were likewise natives of that sunny land. The father was a man of means and gave his entire attention in a business way to the management of his estate. He was also active in public affairs, supporting many progressive measures for the benefit of his city and province. Both he and his wife have passed away. In their family were two sons, the younger being John W. Mariani, who was graduated from the University of Naples with the degree of LL. B. and later entered Yale University, graduating with the LL. B. degree in the class of 1900. For seven years he was engaged in the practice of law at Fairmont, West Virginia, and was also Italian consul there. He is now engaged in the practice of law in Naples, Italy.

Dr. Nicola Mariani pursued both his classical and professional studies in his native land, winning the Bachelor of Arts degree upon graduation from a national college with the class of 1887 and his professional degree upon completing a course in the medical department of the Royal University of Naples with the class of 1893. He then spent three years as an interne in the General Hospital of Naples, gaining that broad and valuable experience which is never as quickly secured in any other way as through hospital practice. He then came to America, arriving in March, 1896, after which he immediately located in New Haven, where he opened an office and has since continuously engaged in general practice. He pursued a two years' post graduate course in Yale and is recognized as one of the most capable members of the profession, having comprehensive knowledge of the science, while broad experience has demonstrated his ability to accurately apply its principles to specific needs.

In New Haven, in 1897, Dr. Mariani was married to Miss Margherita Spinello, a native of Italy and a daughter of John and Madeline (Pessolano) Spinello, the former now deceased, while the mother makes her home with Dr. and Mrs. Mariani.

In his political views Dr. Mariani is a stalwart republican and is acting as Italian consul at the present time. He is much interested in civic matters, cooperating in all those projects and activities which promise benefit to the city. He is serving at the present time as president of the board of health of New Haven. He had military training in his native country as a member of the Italian army, serving as a lieutenant in an infantry regiment and afterward with a sanitary corps. Along strictly professional lines he has connection with the New Haven Medical Association, the New Haven County Medical Association, the Connecticut State Medical Association and the American Medical Association. A gentleman of broad and liberal culture, having the benefit of the most efficient professional training of his native and of his adopted land, he is today occupying a prominent position not only among the physicians and surgeons of New Haven, but New England as well.