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In Lazio it has a stock in Rome and one in Posta (RI), one in Naples, one in Maiori (SA) and one in Sicily, it should derive from the medieval term confalone (battle sign) derived from the high Germanic word gundfano obtained from the union of the two Longobard words ghan (kill, fight) and fahno (teach). additions and emblem provided by Angelo Tajani Noble family originally from Scala, on the heights behind Amalfi. Already in 1172 the name of a Constantine, son of the domino Leone de Compalone, was mentioned in a notarial deed. The surname could have originated from a Lion or from the Lombard word from Gundfano, a banner of war, from which derives the term confalone in the archaic form and banner in the modern form. A Nicolò, in 1275, is part of a certain circle of the well-to-do who lavishes a substantial sum on loan to King Charles I of Anjou receiving the sovereign's crown as a pledge. For the marriage of Aniello, known as il Saggese, with Tiziola Muscettola, he moved to Ravello in 1389, where he established his own confidence in the famous Palazzo Confalone in the Tuoro area. The family stands out in the social and administrative life of the Kingdom of Naples, where some family members prove to be talented lawyers. Priamo, nephew of the Saggese, is documented judge in Ravello in 1454. Giovan Battista in 1615 was elected judge and later promoted president of the Chamber of the Sommaria in Naples. He frees Amalfi from the fiefdom to the Piccolomini dukes with a strenuous defense in opposition to the will of King Philip IV. His son Carlo, a non-professed gerosolimitano knight, was marquis della Petina and viceroy of the province of Lucera in 1659. Don Vincenzo Paolo, duke of Grottaminarda by succession Citarella, wife Immacolata Gironde of the princes of Canneto. In 1600 two branches of the family left Ravello and moved to Maiori, where one of them is still present today.
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