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Both Bertolizio and Bertolizzi are almost unique, certainly from northern Italy, Bertoluzzi, absolutely rare, is slightly less rare, Bertoluzzo, very rare, has a strain between Vicenza and Padua and one between Cuneo and Savona, Bertolucci is certainly the most widespread, typical of north-western Tuscany, especially of the provinces of Massa and Lucca, they should all derive from the medieval name Bertolicius or Bertolutius, of which we have an example in a deed of the year 1301: "Questio domini Bertolutii de Pretis doctoris legum disputed sub MCCCI die tertia intrante In nominations Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti amen Questio talis est: cavetur in communis statute Bonon In alio cavetur quod nullus de forasteria possit habere officium ... ".
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