Type Surname (from given name)
Usage Italian
Meaning & History
Family of ancient and noble tradition, originally from Romagna. The commendator GB of Crollalanza reports the blazon of this family in the volumes of his historical blazon dictionary of the noble and notable Italian families. Many families placed their home in Bologna, because in the more remote times it was considered famous among the Republics, for the value of its Captains, for the doctrine of its Jurisconsults, for the many Rectors of different cities, and for the authority of his Magistrat