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Pacella is widespread in Lazio, L'Aquila, and in Theatine, in coastal Campania, in the Potenza and Puglia regions, particularly in the Lecce area. Pacelli has a Lazio nucleus between the province of Rome and the frusinate and a Campanian stock, especially in the Avellino area. , Pacello, very rare, is typical of the area of Monopoli (BA), Pacielli is almost unique, Paciello has a lineage between Caserta, Naples and Salerno, one from Puglia in the Bari area and above all in the Foggia area and one in the Potenza area, they should all derive from the name medieval Pacella or Pacellus of which we have an example in the list of employees of the mint of the Kingdom of Naples in 1401, where a certain Pacellus Cutungnius is quoted. additions provided by Tiziano Venti The exact derivation is from a name originated from the Latin phrase pax coeli that is the peace of the heavens. additions provided by Giovanni Vezzelli Pacella is a surname derived from Lecce, according to Minervini 361, from the base surname Paci which has as its basis the personal Pace from the Latin pax, pacis, given to a son with auspicious meaning. additions provided by Vincenzo Pacelli There is a notable stock of Pacelli in the north of Lazio (province of Viterbo) with a central core between Vignanello, Vallerano and Fabrica di Roma. Moreover Onano is the country of origin of Eugenio Pacelli, Pope Pius XII.

Bibliographic source' "L'origine dei cognomi Italianim storia ed etimologia" di E. Rossoni disponibile online su: https://archive.org/


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