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ALLIATA | ALLIATI

Alliata is probably known as Longobarde and Tuscan origin, then transferred to Sicily, and currently only Gozzano (NO) origin, Alliati, almost only, should be due to a transmission error, dovrebbero derives from the term alliatus (ally, in the sense of family ally of the emperor), I know of these cognomenions I find it for the Pisani's writings of 1200, as well as in a letter of 1295: "... Petri Gambacorte and Gaddi Gambacorte sociorum suorum et pro eis et quorum in solidum et Bectus Alliata quondam Galgani Alliate pro se et suo nomine mutuo consensu et voluntate concordi ob comodiorem usum et uberiorem questum inter se invicem fecerunt ... ", nobile casato che gode dei dei dei Principi di Villafranca, Dukes di Salaparuta, duos di Saponara e of dukes delle Pietreagliate. Integrations provided by Giovanni Vezzelli Alliata and a Sicilian cognome derived from the 'allied' dialectal vocabularian, ostinato. Source: Rohlfs, 40.

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


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