Carafa

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  1. There are other people with the surname Carafa or Caraffa whose connection to the noble family of that name is undocumented. The surname was also misspelt or derogated to Caiafa[ citation needed ] and there are many families in Naples and the Campania region sharing that altered version of the surname.

Wikisource-logo.svg  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain :  Wood, James, ed. (1907). "Caraffa". The Nuttall Encyclopædia . London and New York: Frederick Warne.

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