Background
Simon Pierre Sabiani was born in 1888 in Casamaccioli, Corsica, France.
Simon Pierre Sabiani was born in 1888 in Casamaccioli, Corsica, France.
He lost an eye in Douaumont, several times wounded, he directed against the enemy six counterattacks in six hours. After the war, he joined the SFIO in 1919, and for a while the Parti Communiste Français (French Communist Party). He was elected "Conseiller général" (General counsellor) of Bouches-du-Rhône in 1925, "Député" (Deputy) in 1928, and became the first "Adjoint" (Counsellor) to the Deputy Mayor of Marseille from 1929 to 1935. He was reelected "Député" (Deputy) in 1932.
He was at the head of the local section of the PPF from 1936.
During World World War II, he ran the Marseille Bureau of the Légion des Volontaires Français, where he was the general secretary. Shortly after the war, he was sentenced to death, because of his political Collaboration with Vichy France.
He exhiled himself to Sigmaringen, Germany, Italy, Argentina, and finally to Spain under the name of Pedro Multedo. However, he returned in a clandestine way to Corsica to visit his mother who was turning almost one hundred years old.
Death
He died in 1956 in Barcelona, Spain.
He was buried in the family chapel of Casamacciuli.
In 1923, he founded the "Parti d’action socialiste", (Socialist action party).
In 1936, he joined the PPF led by Jacques Doriot, where he became a member of the political bureau.