Fisichella family

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Fisichella
Italian noble family
Arms of the House of Fisichella.svg
CountryItaly
Former countries
EtymologyMedieval Latin: physicus, lit. 'physician'
Place of originVal di Catania
Founded17th century
TitlesBaron[1]
Style(s)"Don"[2][3][4][5]
Arms of the House of Fisichella
Versions
Arms of the House of Fisichella (1871).png
Palizzolo Gravina (1875), p. 482
Arms of the House of Fisichella (1912).png
Mango (1912)
BlazonAzure, a tree proper topped by a turtle dove argent perched.[6]
Italian: Arma d'azzurro, con albero al naturale sormontato da una tortora appollaiata d'argento.[7][8][9]

Fisichella is an Italian noble family, forming part of the Sicilian nobility.[7][8][9][2] Members of the family include multiple judges and prelates, among them a justice of the Supreme Court of the Kingdom of Sicily and an archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church.

History[]

Coat of arms of Rino Fisichella
Coat of arms of Rino Fisichella.svg
Adopted1998
BlazonGules, a tree proper eradicated, fructed or, topped by a dove argent volant, a label of the same tincture.[6]
Italian: Arma di rosso, all'albero sradicato al naturale, fruttato d'oro, sormontato da una colomba volante con le ali spiegate d'argento, al lambello dello stesso.[10]
MottoLatin: VIAM VERITATIS ELEGI
('I have chosen the way of truth')
Other elementsExternal ornaments for archbishops
Inspired by the family arms.[10]

The House of Fisichella, originally from the Val di Catania, has long been prominent in the fields of diplomacy, jurisprudence, philosophy and theology.

Among the family's forefathers, at the beginning of the 17th century Domenico Fisichella was chaplain at the monasterium album of Campanarazzu, Misterbianco, and later at the local St. Nicholas Church,[11][12] while Francesco Fisichella was ambassador of the city of Catania to the royal court of Madrid since 1671.[2][13]

In the 18th century, two renowned members of the family were both named Giuseppe Fisichella: the elder was referred to as 'signore don' around 1718,[3] whereas the younger, namely Giuseppe Maria Fisichella, served as justice of the Supreme Court of the Kingdom of Sicily in the years 1770, 1771, 1772 and 1782.[8][14][15][13]

Among his nephews, in the 19th century a namesake was giudice circondariale – that is commissioner and judge – of Centorbi and Mascali, in 1826 and 1830, respectively,[4][5] while Ignazio Fisichella was Deputy Secretary of the General Prosecution Office of the Kingdom of Italy at the Catania Appeal Court, and later Clerk to the Civil and Criminal Court of Nicosia.[a]

Meanwhile, three members of the family have been prominent in other fields, such as  [it][13][16] (born 1841), priest, philosopher and jurist, Domenico Fisichella[13][16][17] (born 1935), academic and influential politician, minister and later senator of the Italian Republic, and Salvatore Fisichella[13][16] (born 1943), renowned operatic tenor.

In the 20th century, two cadet branches branched off from the main line, whose family seat is located in Militello in Val di Catania, moving to Lombardia and Lazio, respectively; the first is represented by Rino Fisichella[b][10][18][13] (born 1951), academic, theologian and archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church, while the second by Giancarlo Fisichella[c][19][20][21][22][23][13] (born 1973), famous athlete.

Onomastics[]

Main article: Fisichella (surname) § Etymology and history

In popular culture[]

A mysterious "baron Fisichella"[1] appears several times in Leonardo Sciascia's historical novel  [it], played in the  [it] by  [it].

Notes and references[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Mentioned in several numbers of the Official Gazette of the Kingdom of Italy: N. 77 (1876), N. 287 (1897).
  2. ^ Genealogy: son of Paolo Fisichella, who moved to Codogno in 1948.[18][16]
  3. ^ Genealogy: son of Roberto Fisichella (†2015), who moved to Pietralata.[16]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Sciascia (1989)
  2. ^ a b c Ligresti (2006)
  3. ^ a b Ventura (2009)
  4. ^ a b Ripartimento Polizia (1826)
  5. ^ a b Ripartimento Polizia (1830)
  6. ^ a b Parker, James, A GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN HERALDRY, retrieved 23 August 2021
  7. ^ a b Palizzolo Gravina (1875)
  8. ^ a b c Mango (1912)
  9. ^ a b Famiglie Nobili di Sicilia
  10. ^ a b c "Stemma Mons. Fisichella", Forum dell'Istituto Araldico Genealogico Italiano (in Italian), 21 June 2008, retrieved 23 August 2021
  11. ^ Luca Marchese (in Italian), 22 May 1600, retrieved 23 August 2021
  12. ^ La reliquia [The relic] (in Italian), retrieved 23 August 2021
  13. ^ a b c d e f g PalermoToday
  14. ^ Cancila (2013)
  15. ^ Boglino (1889)
  16. ^ a b c d e MyHeritage
  17. ^ Stella, Gian Antonio (21 June 2019), "La tarantella di Fisichella: "Non c'è democrazia senza le aristocrazie"", Corriere della Sera (in Italian), retrieved 23 August 2021
  18. ^ a b Paticchio, Vincenzo (20 May 2016), "Mons. Rino Fisichella" (PDF), Trinità e Liberazione (in Italian), pp. 22–25, retrieved 23 August 2021
  19. ^ Fisichella Giancarlo – ITALIA (in Italian), Associazione Museo Nicolis, retrieved 23 August 2021, Di antica famiglia nobile siciliana, dei Fisichella appunto
  20. ^ Giancarlo Fisichella: biografia e curiosità su pilota (in Italian), retrieved 23 August 2021, Giancarlo Fisichella appartiene alla nobile famiglia siciliana omonima
  21. ^ Tanti auguri a Giancarlo Fisichella (in Italian), 14 January 2018, retrieved 23 August 2021, Giancarlo Fisichella è nato a Roma il 14 gennaio 1973 da una nobile famiglia di origine siciliana
  22. ^ Tedde, Giovanna (26 November 2018), Chi è Giancarlo Fisichella, il pilota tra amori e… nobiltà (in Italian), retrieved 23 August 2021, Il campione ha origini importanti, poiché appartiene alla nobile famiglia dei Fisichella di Sicilia
  23. ^ Caruso, Daniela (13 November 2019), Chi è Giancarlo Fisichella? (in Italian), retrieved 23 August 2021, Il pilota ha origini nobili, poiché fa parte della famiglia Fisichella originaria della Sicilia

Bibliography[]

Heraldic literature[]

Non-fiction[]

Historical fiction[]

  • Sciascia, Leonardo (1989) [First published 1963], Il consiglio d'Egitto [The council of Egypt] (in Italian) (3rd ed.), Milan: Adelphi, ISBN 9788845973598, retrieved 23 August 2021

Chronicle[]

See also[]

External links[]

  • "Fisichella", Famiglie Nobili di Sicilia (in Italian), archived from the original on 3 April 2014, retrieved 23 August 2021CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  • "Family tree", MyHeritage, retrieved 23 August 2021
  • Miranda, Francesco (19 October 2020), "Fisichella: Riferimenti storici e personaggi" [Fisichella: Historical references and characters], L'origine dei cognomi: Pilo, Leocata, Corrao, Fisichella [The origin of the surnames: Pilo, Leocata, Corrao, Fisichella], Cognomen omen (in Italian), Palermo: CityNews, retrieved 23 August 2021 – via PalermoToday
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