Lucio Toth
Lucio Toth (30 December 1934 – 27 April 2017) was an Italian politician. He was born in Zara (today Zadar, Croatia) in Dalmatia. In 1987 he was elected senator of the Italian Republic for the 10th legislature in Naples, for the Christian Democrats. From 1992 to 2013 he was president of the "National Association of Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia" (""). He was also the author of essays and articles of legal, historical and political nature. He published three novels about Dalmatia: "The house in Calle San Zorzi" ("La casa di Calle San Zorzi") on the events taking place in Zara  in the twentieth century, "Spiridione Lascarich Standard bearer of the Serenissima" ("Spiridione Lascarich Alfiere della Serenissima") on the Turkish-Venetian wars of the seventeenth century in Dalmatia and Greece, and "The Dalmatian deserter" on the "Risorgimento", which was published posthumously. He also wrote the "History of Zadar" ("Storia di Zara"), dedicated to his native hometown. He died in Rome on 27 April 2017.