The Faà di Bruno family is the name of an
Italian noble family based in the areas of
Asti,
Casale, and
Alessandria, which provided the Counts (later Marquises) of
Bruno. In 1703 the family became additionally counts of
Carentino.[1]
History
The family arrived in Casale from
Vignale around 1500, in the person of Tommaso Faà, who was secretary to the Senate of Monferrato. The brothers Ardicino and Ortensio acquired the castle of
Bruno, near
Acqui, and were made joint-lords (consignori) of Bruno.[2] Subsequently, prominent members included:
Giovanni Matteo Faà di Bruno a musician of some importance from Casale who published two books of madrigals as well as vespers, psalms, motets and settings of the Magnificat.[3] He was invested as first Count of Bruno in 1588.
^Saagaban is identified with apios tuberosa in the article
'Saagaban', in
Heinrich August Pierer, Pierer's Universal-Lexikon der Vergangenheit und Gegenwart, 4th edn., 19 vols (Altenburg: Verlagsbuchhandlung von H. A. Pierer, (1857–1865), XIV (1862), p. 637.
Scrivanti Franco, Bruno, www.ilmonferrato.info. (in Italian)
The Faà di Bruno family is the name of an
Italian noble family based in the areas of
Asti,
Casale, and
Alessandria, which provided the Counts (later Marquises) of
Bruno. In 1703 the family became additionally counts of
Carentino.[1]
History
The family arrived in Casale from
Vignale around 1500, in the person of Tommaso Faà, who was secretary to the Senate of Monferrato. The brothers Ardicino and Ortensio acquired the castle of
Bruno, near
Acqui, and were made joint-lords (consignori) of Bruno.[2] Subsequently, prominent members included:
Giovanni Matteo Faà di Bruno a musician of some importance from Casale who published two books of madrigals as well as vespers, psalms, motets and settings of the Magnificat.[3] He was invested as first Count of Bruno in 1588.
^Saagaban is identified with apios tuberosa in the article
'Saagaban', in
Heinrich August Pierer, Pierer's Universal-Lexikon der Vergangenheit und Gegenwart, 4th edn., 19 vols (Altenburg: Verlagsbuchhandlung von H. A. Pierer, (1857–1865), XIV (1862), p. 637.
Scrivanti Franco, Bruno, www.ilmonferrato.info. (in Italian)