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Last name
Sestito

Nobility: Cavalieri
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Italia
Language of the text: Italiano

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Famiglia originaria della Spagna, assai antica e nobile, detta anticamente dei Sesto, poi, Sestitos e, in Italia, Sestito, propagatasi, nel corso dei secoli, in diverse regioni della nostra Penisola, con insediamenti più cospicui in Calabria. I primi riferimenti a tal casato, si rinvengono relativamente alle battaglie di Perpiñan, Gerona e Barcelona, nonché nella formazione della c.d. "Marca Hispánica". Molti furono, infatti, i membri di tal famiglia che combatterono tra le linee catalane, sotto comando dei franchi, tanto che, per il coraggio e l'onore dimostrato, furono fregiati, dallo stesso Carlo Magno, del titolo di Cavalieri. Successivamente, i membri di tal famiglia, si distinsero anche nella celebre battaglia di Lepanto, del 7 ottobre 1571, tra le file delle truppe della Lega Santa, contribuendo alla schiacciante vittoria inflitta agli Ottomani, guidati da Mehmet Alì Pascià, che perse la vita nello scontro. Anche in Italia, i nomi dei membri della famiglia Sestito, si trovano,

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