Volcasso

The House of Volcasso or Volcassio was a Ragusan noble family.

History

They are mentioned since the 13th century, and were one of the wealthiest families in the 14th century. ^[1] It was extinct by 1372.

Notable members

• Volcasso di Giovanni (fl. 1265), settled Ragusa.
• Pasqua de Bolchasso (fl. 1293), Ragusan diplomat in Venice.
• Pasque de Volcasso (fl. 1302). ^[2]
• Zugno de Volchasso (fl. 1303).
• Goysclaua de Volcasso (fl. 1304), wife of Paolo Querini. ^[3]
• Junius de Volcax (fl. 1313).
• Junius de Volcasso (fl. 1319). ^[4]
• Junii de Volcasso (fl. 1340).
• Laurizza de Volcasso (fl. 1343–44).
• Matchi de Volcasso (fl. 1363). ^[5]
• Laurentius de Volcasso/de Volcasio/Lorenzo de Volcaxo (fl. 1352–59), rector. ^[6]
• Marini de Volchasso.
• Clementis de Vulchasso
• Vincenzo Volcasso.

Annotations

Also spelt Volchasso, Bolchasso, Volcassio, Volcasio, Vulchasso, Volcax, Volcaxo. The name was derived from Slavic Vlkas, Vlkasović (Vukasović).

References

1. Zdenko Zlatar (1 January 1992). Our Kingdom Come: The Counter-Reformation, the Republic of Dubrovnik, and the Liberation of the Balkan Slavs. East European Monographs. pp. 34–37. ISBN   978-0-88033-239-2.
2. Monographs. Naučno delo. 1960. p. 437.
3. Studi Veneziani. L.S. Olschki. 2001. p. 51.
4. Bariša Krekić (1 January 1997). Dubrovnik. Ashgate Publishing Company. p. 68. ISBN   978-0-86078-631-3.
5. Jugoslavenska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti (1982). Rad Jugoslavenske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti. Jugoslavenska akademija zanosti i umjetnosti.
6. Diplomatički zbornik kraljevine Hrvatske, Dalmacije i Slavonije. Zavod za povijesne znanosti JAZU. 1914. pp. 90, 297, 620.

Sources

• Zdenko Zlatar (1 January 1992). Our Kingdom Come: The Counter-Reformation, the Republic of Dubrovnik, and the Liberation of the Balkan Slavs. East European Monographs. pp. 34–37. ISBN   978-0-88033-239-2.
• Benyovsky Latin, Irena; Ledić, Stipe (2013). "Posjed obitelji Volcassio u srednjovjekovnom Dubrovniku". Anali Zavoda za Povijesne Znanosti Hrvatske Akademije Znanosti i Umjetnosti u Dubrovniku (in Croatian). 51 (51/1): 17–60. doi:10.21857/9e31lh48qm.