Scillia is typical of Enna, of Capizzi in the Messina and of Racalmuto in the Agrigentino, could derive from the Gens Silia, although it is possible a connection of a nickname with the Latin word Scylla (rock). Additions provided by Roberto Scillia The origin of the surname is Greek: the Greek historian Herodotus narrates the exploits of a Greek diver named Scillia of Sicione, Scillia was also one of the many names with which he was called in Ancient Greece the god Dionysus (the Bacchus of Latini).
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