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PII | PIO

Pii is typically Tuscan of the Sienese and especially of the Grosseto area, in Grosseto, Arcidosso and Castel del Piano, Pio has strains between Turin and Cuneo, in Liguria, in the area that includes the Roman, the frusinate, the Aquila and the Isernia, in the Avellino and Foggia areas, with presences also in Salento and Calabria, it should derive from the fact that the progenitor was called Pius, already present as a cognomen in the Latin era, or directly Pio; a prominent figure was the mercenary captain Giberto Pio of Carpi, Lord of Carpi, Sassuolo, Casinalbo, Fiorano Modenese, Formigine, Spezzano, Soliera and Brandola,

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

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