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Very ancient family, who came to Giaveno at the end of the fifteenth century from Pinerolo, Piossasco, Caselette and Volvera, where it was widely branched. Already at the end of the sixteenth century living in conditions of civilization as is proven by the license with which the Duke of Savoy, approving and confirming, on November 2, 1625, the noble weapon to the brothers Vincenzo, Matteo, Gio. Michele, Giuseppe and Guglielmo degli Schioppi di Giaveno and their grandchildren Francesco Valentino and Claudio, certifies that they have honorably lived and used the weapon followed: "From the blue to the headband accompanied by three gold stars on the head with a silver sack at the top", with the crest of an armed arm holding a silver sword with his hand, and with the motto: "a tout puissance". The oldest documents that keep from this family remind us of a Giorgio Sclopis, who lived in the mid-1500s, to whom the present and recently disappeared generations are connected with safe genealogical connections. Giorgio was the father, among others, of the venerable Gabriele, who died in the convent of S. Brigida near Moncalieri on May 5, 1570, and Eusebio (dec. May 8, 1586), who was a notary. The latter was the father of Giacomo and Gio. Giorgio. From Giacomo, who was mayor of Giaveno, originated the two branches of the counts of Salerano and of the lords of Brogostura while Gio. Giorgio, who was notary and secretary of Giaveno, is the jamb of the still flourishing branch. Giacomo's son was Giovanni Giorgio, who was mayor and around 1690 moved his home to Turin. He was the father of Giovanni Battista, Giacomo Francesco and Carlo Antonio, the last of which also in the name of his brothers, handed over the noble weapon on September 10, 1687: "Of