He was awarded the gold medal of the Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL in 1920, while he was working at the University of Palermo: the members of the judging commission were Luigi Bianchi, Guido Castelnuovo and Tullio Levi-Civita [REF].
In 1924, on the 8th of June, he was elected ordinary non resident member of the mathematics division[REF] of the Accademia Pontaniana [REF].