Fisichella (surname)

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Fisichella is an Italian surname, originally from Sicily,[1][2][3] currently present in around 130 Italian municipalities.[4][5][6]

Etymology and history[]

Fisichella is an occupational surname, derived from Medieval Latin: physicus, lit. 'physician'.[1][3]

It originated in the outskirts of Catania[1][7][4] during the Middle Ages, probably to indicate the daughter of a physician.[1][3]

Between the 19th and the 20th century, the surname spread to Lombardia and Lazio.[2][7][5][6][3]

People named Fisichella[]

Further information: Fisichella family

Notable people with this family name include:

  • Domenico Fisichella, chaplain of Misterbianco
  • Francesco Fisichella, ambassador of the city of Catania to the royal court of Madrid since 1671
  • Giuseppe Fisichella, justice of the Supreme Court of the Kingdom of Sicily in 1770, 1771, 1772 and 1782
  •  [it] (born 1841), priest, philosopher and jurist
  • Domenico Fisichella (born 1935), academic and politician
  • Salvatore Fisichella (born 1943), operatic tenor
  • Rino Fisichella (born 1951), academic, theologian and archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Giancarlo Fisichella (born 1973), racing driver
  • Dimitri Fisichella (born 1974), television presenter and pitchman
  • Brandon Fisichella, American historical and military educator

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Fisichella – Origine del cognome" [Fisichella – Origins of the surname], Cognomix (in Italian), retrieved 8 February 2020
  2. ^ a b "Diffusione del cognome FISICHELLA" [Diffusion of the surname FISICHELLA], Cognomix (in Italian), retrieved 8 February 2020
  3. ^ a b c d Miranda, Francesco (19 October 2020), "L'origine dei cognomi: Pilo, Leocata, Corrao, Fisichella" [The origin of the surnames: Pilo, Leocata, Corrao, Fisichella], Cognomen omen, PalermoToday (in Italian), Palermo: CityNews, retrieved 3 April 2021
  4. ^ a b "Cognome Fisichella" [Surname Fisichella], CodiceInverso.it (in Italian), retrieved 8 February 2020
  5. ^ a b "Diffusione del cognome FISICHELLA" [Diffusion of the surname FISICHELLA], Mappa dei Cognomi (in Italian), retrieved 8 February 2020
  6. ^ a b "FISICHELLA (significato, origine, cognome, famiglia)" [FISICHELLA (meaning, origin, surname, family)], Gens (in Italian), retrieved 8 February 2020
  7. ^ a b "Fisichella: il cognome Fisichella" [Fisichella: the surname Fisichella], Alfemminile (in Italian), archived from the original on 14 August 2016, retrieved 8 February 2020

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