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Bonfigli has two stocks, one in the province of Massa and one between Macerata and Piceno, Bonfiglio would look Sicilian, but with a probably autonomous nucleus in Liguria and one in Milan, Bonfiglioli is specific to Bologna, Bonfigliuoli, very very rare, it would seem to be from Modena, Buonfigli, absolutely rare, would appear to be from the Marches, in particular from the Piceno, Buonfiglio has a stock in the Roman, one between Neapolitan and Salerno, one in the Foggia area and one between Nisseno and Catanese, Buonfiglioli, very rare, is from Bologna, Buonfigliuoli is almost unique, all these surnames should derive from the medieval auspicious name Bonfilius; example of this name we have in the XIth century with San Bonfilius born in Osimo in the Piceno and became Benedictine bishop of Foligno in 1078, the use of the name Bonfilius as a beginning of surname is given for example in the Diplomatic Code of medieval Lombardy where in a Act of 1186 reads: "Year dominice incarnacionis milleximo centeximo octuageximo sixth, duodecimo die mensis februarii, fourth index. Vendicionem ad proprium sub dupla defension fecit Otto filius quondam Iohannis qui dicebatur Bonfilius de loco Albariate in Arderico qui dicitur de Moecia de civitate Mediolani pro accepto precio argenti denariorum bonorum Mediolanensium nine coins ... ". Traces of this surname can be found in 1600 in Arezzo with the sculptor Jacopo Bonfiglioli of Arezzo.
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