Studied in Roma with Cremona and Battaglini and graduated with Cremona in 1875. Taught in Napoli since 1878. In 1886 (at the age of 31) he killed himself thinking that his intellectual skills were going to decline.

Among his students there is P. Del Pezzo.

Collected papers reprinted in Napoli in 1888.

Main commemorations: Padelletti in the volume of collected papers; G. Loria, Giorn. di mat. , 27, 1889, 1-32.