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Pirovano is typical of the Milanese, Varese and Como areas, Pirovani and Pirovini, almost unique are probably due to errors in transcription of the previous one, derive from a toponym now disappeared, already in 1160 the Pirovanos were a noble family, during the struggle between Milan and Barbarossa, we find the archbishop of Milan Oberto da Pirovano committed to fighting the emperor. In 1277 in the list of the 200 noble families of Milan and the countryside made by the archbishop Ottone Visconti, we find the Pirovano family, in the first half of the 1400s, in the Bergamo area, we find the notary Pirovano Maffeo. additions provided by Giovanni Vezzelli Pirovano is a Lombard surname from the homonymous toponym in the province of Como. Secondo Lurati comes from 'petrabilis' = area where stones were quarried.

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


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