Fisichella family

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Fisichella
Italian noble family
Arms of the House of Fisichella.svg
CountryFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Former countries
Etymology Medieval Latin: physicus, lit.  'physician'
Place of origin Val di Catania
Founded17th century
Titles Baron
Style(s) "Don"
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)
Shield Azure, a tree proper topped by a turtle dove argent perched. [1]
Italian: Arma d'azzurro, con albero al naturale sormontato da una tortora appollaiata d'argento. [2] [3] [4]

Fisichella is an Italian noble family, forming part of the Sicilian nobility. [2] [3] [4] [5] 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.

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History

Coat of arms of Rino Fisichella
Coat of arms of Rino Fisichella.svg
Adopted1998
Shield Gules, a tree proper eradicated, fructed or, topped by a dove argent volant, a label of the same tincture. [1]
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. [6]
Motto Latin: VIAM VERITATIS ELEGI
('I have chosen the way of truth')
Other elements External ornaments for archbishops
Inspired by the family arms. [6]

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, [7] [8] while Francesco Fisichella was ambassador of the city of Catania to the royal court of Madrid since 1671. [5] [9]

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, [10] 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. [3] [11] [12] [9]

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, [13] [14] 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 Francesco Fisichella  [ it ] [9] [15] (1841–1908), priest, philosopher and jurist, Domenico Fisichella [9] [15] [16] (born 1935), academic and influential politician, minister and later senator of the Italian Republic, and Salvatore Fisichella [9] [15] (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 Lombardy and Lazio, respectively; the first is represented by Rino Fisichella [b] [6] [17] [9] (born 1951), academic, theologian and archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church, while the second by Giancarlo Fisichella [c] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [9] (born 1973), famous motorsport athlete.

Onomastics

A mysterious "baron Fisichella" [23] appears several times in Leonardo Sciascia's historical novel The council of Egypt   [ it ], played in the homonymous film  [ it ] by Gilberto Idonea  [ 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. [17] [15]
  3. ↑ Genealogy: son of Roberto Fisichella (†2015), who moved to Pietralata. [15]

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  2. 1 2 Palizzolo Gravina (1875)
  3. 1 2 3 Mango (1912)
  4. 1 2 Famiglie Nobili di Sicilia
  5. 1 2 Ligresti (2006)
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