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Cappa is a panitalian surname, more widespread in the Lombardy area, Piedmontese, they should derive from a nickname originated from the medieval word cape (mantle), of which we have an example in this writing of 1185: ".. And debeo give Rainaldello pannaiolo de Sancto Xisto libras tres denariorum et solidos quinque de cloth quod ab eo emi Et Andree pannaiolo eiusdem loci debeo give de a cappa quam emi ab eo libras tres et dimidiam denariorum ... ", nickname perhaps motivated by the habitual clothing of the progenitor, but is it is also possible that the motive is to be ascribed to his profession. An example of this surname can be found in a Charta venditionis of 1183: ".. a sero et monte heredis Beaque, pertice sex et tabule tres et pedes quinque et est proprio; petia est buscus et dicitur in Carrobia Sancti Ambrosii, a mane Ambrosii Cappa et via, a meridie heredis Beaque et Asgerii de Concorezo, in monte Sancti Dionisii .. ".
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