Fisichella | |
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Italian noble family | |
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Country | ![]() Former countries |
Etymology | Medieval Latin: physicus, lit. 'physician' |
Place of origin | Val di Catania |
Founded | 17th century |
Titles | Baron |
Style(s) | " Don" |
Arms of the House of Fisichella | |
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Versions | |
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Palizzolo Gravina (1875), p. 482 | |
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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.
Coat of arms of Rino Fisichella | |
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Adopted | 1998 |
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 [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 athlete.
A mysterious "baron Fisichella" [23] appears several times in Leonardo Sciascia's historical novel The council of Egypt , played in the homonymous film by Gilberto Idonea .
Di antica famiglia nobile siciliana, dei Fisichella appunto
Giancarlo Fisichella appartiene alla nobile famiglia siciliana omonima
Giancarlo Fisichella è nato a Roma il 14 gennaio 1973 da una nobile famiglia di origine siciliana
Il campione ha origini importanti, poiché appartiene alla nobile famiglia dei Fisichella di Sicilia
Il pilota ha origini nobili, poiché fa parte della famiglia Fisichella originaria della Sicilia
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Fisichella | |
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Italian noble family | |
![]() | |
Country | ![]() Former countries |
Etymology | Medieval Latin: physicus, lit. 'physician' |
Place of origin | Val di Catania |
Founded | 17th century |
Titles | Baron |
Style(s) | " Don" |
Arms of the House of Fisichella | |
---|---|
Versions | |
![]()
Palizzolo Gravina (1875), p. 482 | |
![]() | |
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.
Coat of arms of Rino Fisichella | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Adopted | 1998 |
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 [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 athlete.
A mysterious "baron Fisichella" [23] appears several times in Leonardo Sciascia's historical novel The council of Egypt , played in the homonymous film by Gilberto Idonea .
Di antica famiglia nobile siciliana, dei Fisichella appunto
Giancarlo Fisichella appartiene alla nobile famiglia siciliana omonima
Giancarlo Fisichella è nato a Roma il 14 gennaio 1973 da una nobile famiglia di origine siciliana
Il campione ha origini importanti, poiché appartiene alla nobile famiglia dei Fisichella di Sicilia
Il pilota ha origini nobili, poiché fa parte della famiglia Fisichella originaria della Sicilia
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