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SANTORSOLA

Santorsola has a stump in Bari and in the Barese, in Adelfia, Capurso and Casamassima, and one in the nearby Matera in Bernalda in particular, could derive from the fact of inhabiting the family in the contrada of the Church of Sant'Orsola, but it is also possible that it may be in Some cases of a surname attributed to the foundlings placed under the protection of Sant'Orsola, a cult very active in Puglia.

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


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